Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Herodotus, Simone de Beauvoir and DH Mellor / A Oliver

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7 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

20761

If existence is absurd it can never have a meaning [Beauvoir]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 12. Feminism

20746

One is not born, but rather becomes a woman [Beauvoir]

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

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