Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Gorgias, J.H. Fetzer and Max Black

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11 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX

10196

The Axiom of Choice needs a criterion of choice [Black]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

18933

Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 6. Dispositions / e. Dispositions as potential

15797

All structures are dispositional, objects are dispositions sets, and events manifest dispositions [Fetzer]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

10194

Two things can only be distinguished by a distinct property or a distinct relation [Black]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 1. Structure of an Object

15800

All events and objects are dispositional, and hence all structural properties are dispositional [Fetzer]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity

10193

The 'property' of self-identity is uselessly tautological [Black]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 7. Indiscernible Objects

10195

If the universe just held two indiscernibles spheres, that refutes the Identity of Indiscernibles [Black]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds

15798

Kinds are arrangements of dispositions [Fetzer]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 3. Laws and Generalities

15799

Lawlike sentences are general attributions of disposition to all members of some class [Fetzer]