Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Kurt Vonnegut, Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

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Philosophers are marked by a joint love of evidence and ambiguity [Merleau-Ponty]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence [Averroes]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

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Consciousness is based on 'I can', not on 'I think' [Merleau-Ponty]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

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The mind does not unite perceptions, because they flow into one another [Merleau-Ponty]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

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Out of more than a hundred planets, Earth is the only one with the idea of free will [Vonnegut]