Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Phil Dowe, C.S. Lewis and Stilpo

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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

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Courage is not a virtue, but the form of every virtue at its testing point [Lewis,CS]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

4787	Causation interaction is an exchange of conserved quantities, such as mass, energy or charge [Dowe, by Psillos]

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Physical causation consists in transference of conserved quantities [Dowe, by Mumford/Anjum]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 9. Counterfactual Claims

4788	Dowe commends the Conserved Quantity theory as it avoids mention of counterfactuals [Dowe, by Psillos]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3029	Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius]