Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Michael Morris and Peter Forrest

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

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Interpreting a text is representing it as making sense [Morris,M]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 3. Truthmaker Maximalism

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The truth-maker principle is that every truth has a sufficient truth-maker [Forrest]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence

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Bipolarity adds to Bivalence the capacity for both truth values [Morris,M]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification

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Conjunctive and disjunctive quantifiers are too specific, and are confined to the finite [Morris,M]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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Counting needs to distinguish things, and also needs the concept of a successor in a series [Morris,M]

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To count, we must distinguish things, and have a series with successors in it [Morris,M]

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Discriminating things for counting implies concepts of identity and distinctness [Morris,M]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

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Structural universals might serve as possible worlds [Forrest, by Lewis]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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There must exist a general form of propositions, which are predictabe. It is: such and such is the case [Morris,M]

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]