Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Noam Chomsky, Paolo Mancosu and Todd May

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

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Deleuze relies on Spinoza (immanence), Bergson (duration), and difference (Nietzsche) [May]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

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Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

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Essences are no use in mathematics, if all mathematical truths are necessary [Mancosu]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

6649	Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

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Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

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Chomsky's 'interpretative semantics' says syntax comes first, and is then interpreted [Chomsky, by Magidor]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism

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For existentialists the present is empty without the pull of the future and weight of the past [May]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics

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Liberal theory starts from the governed, not from the governor [May]