Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Jacques Lenfant, Stephen P. Stich and George Santayana

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy

8000	He who is ignorant of the history of philosophy is doomed to repeat it [Santayana, by MacIntyre]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

6627	Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

18521

The criterion of existence is the possibility of action [Santayana]

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

12750

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

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

4765	Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel]

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

23060

The good is not relative, but is rooted in facts about human needs [Santayana]