Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Mulligan/Simons/Smith, Nicholas of Autrecourt and Richard P. Feynman

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

10911

Part-whole is the key relation among truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 5. What Makes Truths / a. What makes truths

10909

Truth-makers cannot be the designata of the sentences they make true [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

10906

Moments (objects which cannot exist alone) may serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

10907

The truth-maker for a sentence may not be unique, or may be a combination, or several separate items [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

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Despite negative propositions, truthmakers are not logical complexes, but ordinary experiences [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique

10908

Correspondence has to invoke facts or states of affairs, just to serve as truth-makers [Mulligan/Simons/Smith]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 10. Beginning of an Object

16706

Generation is when local motions aggregate to become a single subject [Nicholas of Autrecourt]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

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Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

17707

We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]