Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for John McDowell, Slavoj Zizek and Matthew Cobb

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12 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy
9777 Kant was the first philosopher [Zizek]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
9778 There is no dialogue in philosophy [Zizek]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent
9779 Philosophy is transcendental questioning (not supporting science or constructing ontology) [Zizek]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason
8251 The logical space of reasons is a natural phenomenon, and it is the realm of freedom [McDowell]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation
8128 Representation must be propositional if it can give reasons and be epistemological [McDowell, by Burge]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation
19092 There is no pure Given, but it is cultured, rather than entirely relative [McDowell, by Macbeth]
12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism
8253 Sense impressions already have conceptual content [McDowell]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain
23226 There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs [Cobb]
23216 The brain is not passive, and merely processing inputs; it is active, and intervenes in the world [Cobb]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / d. Purpose of consciousness
9780 Consciousness is a malfunction of evolution [Zizek]
19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
8254 Forming concepts by abstraction from the Given is private definition, which the Private Lang. Arg. attacks [McDowell]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
9781 Tolerance and love are strategies to avoid encountering our neighbours [Zizek]