Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Douglas Lackey and William Whewell

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4 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / b. Cantor's paradox

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Sets always exceed terms, so all the sets must exceed all the sets [Lackey]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / c. Burali-Forti's paradox

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It seems that the ordinal number of all the ordinals must be bigger than itself [Lackey]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / d. Consilience

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Consilience is a common groundwork of explanation [Whewell]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

6005	Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]