Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Herodotus, Michael J. Loux and William Davies

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12 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes
If abstract terms are sets of tropes, 'being a unicorn' and 'being a griffin' turn out identical [Loux]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
Universals come in hierarchies of generality [Loux]
Austere nominalists insist that the realist's universals lack the requisite independent identifiability [Loux]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism
Austere nominalism has to take a host of things (like being red, or human) as primitive [Loux]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta
Nominalism needs to account for abstract singular terms like 'circularity'. [Loux]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / c. Individuation by location
Times and places are identified by objects, so cannot be used in a theory of object-identity [Loux]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism
Economies have material, economic and capitalist layers [Davies,W]
Capitalists use their exceptional power to impose their own rules, and make the state their ally [Davies,W]
Capitalism must mainly rely either on the labour market, or on the financial markets [Davies,W]
Markets are transparent, with known prices and activity, and minimal profits [Davies,W]
Capitalism is the anti-market, with opacity, monopolies, powers, exceptional profits and wealth [Davies,W]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus]