Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Homer, DH Mellor / T Crane and Timon

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10 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
7855 Some suggest that materialism is empty, because 'physical' cannot be properly characterized [Mellor/Crane, by Papineau]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism
2975 That honey is sweet I do not affirm, but I agree that it appears so [Timon]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 3. Mental Causation
6120 Causation depends on intrinsic properties [Mellor/Crane]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique
2170 Homer does not distinguish between soul and body [Homer, by Williams,B]
17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 2. Anomalous Monism
6121 There are many psychophysicals laws - about the effects of sweets, colours and soft cushions [Mellor/Crane]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique
6122 No defences of physicalism can deprive psychology of the ontological authority of other sciences [Mellor/Crane]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
2171 The 'will' doesn't exist; there is just conclusion, then action [Homer, by Williams,B]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good
21819 Plato says the Good produces the Intellectual-Principle, which in turn produces the Soul [Homer, by Plotinus]
24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / a. Autocracy
11388 Let there be one ruler [Homer]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
14829 Homer so enjoys the company of the gods that he must have been deeply irreligious [Homer, by Nietzsche]