Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for John Austin, Karl Weierstrass and Stephen R. Grimm

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6 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

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Weierstrass eliminated talk of infinitesimals [Weierstrass, by Kitcher]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

18092

Weierstrass made limits central, but the existence of limits still needed to be proved [Weierstrass, by Bostock]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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Unlike knowledge, you can achieve understanding through luck [Grimm]

19690

'Grasping' a structure seems to be modal, because we must anticipate its behaviour [Grimm]

19692

You may have 'weak' understanding, if by luck you can answer a set of 'why questions' [Grimm]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / d. Legal positivism

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The existence of law is one thing, its merits and demerits another [Austin,J]