Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Jonathan Barnes, Michael Tye and Peter Auriol

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7 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
18528 The single imagined 'interval' between things only exists in the intellect [Auriol]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data
2713 Are sense-data independent, with identity, substance and location? [Tye]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
9073 Abstraction from an ambiguous concept like 'mole' will define them as the same [Barnes,J]
9074 Abstraction cannot produce the concept of a 'game', as there is no one common feature [Barnes,J]
9072 Defining concepts by abstractions will collect together far too many attributes from entities [Barnes,J]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
16589 Prime matter lacks essence, but is only potentially and indeterminately a physical thing [Auriol]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 4. Divine Contradictions
16651 God can do anything non-contradictory, as making straightness with no line, or lightness with no parts [Auriol]