Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Herodotus, Henri Bergson and Terence Horgan

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

8226	A well-posed problem is a problem solved [Bergson, by Deleuze/Guattari]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming

21846

Bergson was a rallying point, because he emphasised becomings and multiplicities [Bergson, by Deleuze]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / b. Types of supervenience

16052

'Superdupervenience' is supervenience that has a robustly materialistic explanation [Horgan,T]

16053

'Global' supervenience is facts tracking varying physical facts in every possible world [Horgan,T]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

16056

Don't just observe supervenience - explain it! [Horgan,T]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

16054

Physicalism needs more than global supervenience on the physical [Horgan,T]

16055

Materialism requires that physics be causally complete [Horgan,T]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory

21854

Bergson showed that memory is not after the event, but coexists with it [Bergson, by Deleuze]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 3. Instrumentalism

16057

Instrumentalism normally says some discourse is useful, but not genuinely true [Horgan,T]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 5. Causal Argument

22100

Experienced time means no two mental moments are ever alike [Bergson]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

1513	The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus]