Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Johann Gottfried Herder, Dorion Sagan and James Joule

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

20947

Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

16567

Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

20949

Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

7669	We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism

7668	Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

20972

Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]

20645

Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]