Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Proclus, Carl Friedrich Gauss and Mulligan/Simons/Smith

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9 ideas

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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Actual infinities are not allowed in mathematics - only limits which may increase without bound [Gauss]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]