Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Proclus, Leucippus and Paul M. Pietroski

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4 ideas

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

490	Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]

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

13165

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]

19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference

21650

No language is semantically referential; it all occurs at the level of thought or utterance [Pietroski, by Hofweber]