Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Nuel D. Belnap, Jonathan Swift and Edmund Burke

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4 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

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You can't reason someone out of an irrational opinion [Swift]

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / b. Raven paradox

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Read 'all ravens are black' as about ravens, not as about an implication [Belnap]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

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Analytic explanation is wholes in terms of parts; synthetic is parts in terms of wholes or contexts [Belnap]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy

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Your representative owes you his judgement, and betrays you if he gives your opinion instead [Burke]