Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Lynn Holt, Pythagoras and Albert Casullo

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19 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
5896 Speak the truth, for this alone deifies man [Pythagoras, by Porphyry]
1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought
3051 Pythagoras discovered the numerical relation of sounds on a string [Pythagoras, by Diog. Laertius]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / m. One
7485 For Pythagoreans 'one' is not a number, but the foundation of numbers [Pythagoras, by Watson]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
20475 Maybe modal sentences cannot be true or false [Casullo]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 1. A Priori Necessary
20476 If the necessary is a priori, so is the contingent, because the same evidence is involved [Casullo]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 1. Nature of the A Priori
20471 Epistemic a priori conditions concern either the source, defeasibility or strength [Casullo]
20477 The main claim of defenders of the a priori is that some justifications are non-experiential [Casullo]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities
20472 Analysis of the a priori by necessity or analyticity addresses the proposition, not the justification [Casullo]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 10. A Priori as Subjective
3913 Maybe imagination is the source of a priori justification [Casullo]
12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 1. Common Sense
22668 Apprehension is a complex intellect grasping the essence of a complex object [Holt,L]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / c. Defeasibility
20474 'Overriding' defeaters rule it out, and 'undermining' defeaters weaken in [Casullo]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / d. Health
3053 Pythagoras taught that virtue is harmony, and health, and universal good, and God [Pythagoras, by Diog. Laertius]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
5244 For Pythagoreans, justice is simply treating all people the same [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
375 When musical harmony and rhythm were discovered, similar features were seen in bodily movement [Pythagoras, by Plato]
638 Pythagoreans define timeliness, justice and marriage in terms of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
553 Pythagoreans think mathematical principles are the principles of all of nature [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
554 Pythagoreans say things imitate numbers, but Plato says things participate in numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
644 For Pythagoreans the entire universe is made of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
7467 The modern idea of an immortal soul was largely created by Pythagoras [Pythagoras, by Watson]