Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Keith Lehrer, Nicholas P. White and Ernst Mach

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

2945	Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

2946	You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 3. Löwenheim-Skolem Theorems

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Löwenheim-Skolem says any theory with a true interpretation has a model in the natural numbers [White,NP]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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Finite cardinalities don't need numbers as objects; numerical quantifiers will do [White,NP]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification

9329	Justification is coherence with a background system; if irrefutable, it is knowledge [Lehrer]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

9330	Generalization seems to be more fundamental to minds than spotting similarities [Lehrer]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 1. Introspection

9328	All conscious states can be immediately known when attention is directed to them [Lehrer]