Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Metrodorus (Chi), J.O. Urmson and Proclus

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

13750

Analysis aims at the structure of facts, which are needed to give a rationale to analysis [Urmson, by Schaffer,J]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

527	Everything exists which anyone perceives [Metrodorus of Chios]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

13165

Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]