Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Mulligan/Simons/Smith, Numenius and Herman Cappelen

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9 ideas

2. Reason / E. Argument / 7. Thought Experiments

20183

So-called 'though experiments' are just philosophers observing features of the world [Cappelen]

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

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]

10909

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

10912

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]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition

20182

The word 'intuitive' often plays not role at all in arguments, and can be removed [Cappelen]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 1. God

6011	There is a remote first god (the Good), and a second god who organises the material world [Numenius, by O'Meara]