Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Jacques Lenfant, Benjamin Lee Whorf and Kretzmann/Stump

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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The question is whether force is self-sufficient in bodies, and essential, or dependent on something [Lenfant]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 5. Language Relativism

3914	Language arranges sensory experience to form a world-order [Whorf]

3916	Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration

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Demonstration provides depth of understanding and explanation (rather than foundations) [Kretzmann/Stump]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm

3917	Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

3915	The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf]