Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for J Fodor / E Lepore, Jos Ortega y Gassett and Hans Reichenbach

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7 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

22361

Contextual values are acceptable in research, but not in its final evaluation [Reichenbach, by Reiss/Sprenger]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)

20752

For man, being is not what he is, but what he is going to be [Ortega y Gassett]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

18278

Kant showed that our perceptions are partly constructed from our concepts [Reichenbach]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism

9381	If some inferences are needed to fix meaning, but we don't know which, they are all relevant [Fodor/Lepore, by Boghossian]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

20756

Instead of having a nature, man only has a history [Ortega y Gassett]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation

8410	A theory of causal relations yields an asymmetry which defines the direction of time [Reichenbach, by Salmon]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow

14935

The direction of time is grounded in the direction of causation [Reichenbach, by Ladyman/Ross]