Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Proclus, Thrasymachus and William Lyons

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9 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

2986	Belief is the most important propositional attitude [Lyons]

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]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories

2978	Consciousness no longer seems essential to intentionality [Lyons]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 4. Connectionism

2984	Perceptions could give us information without symbolic representation [Lyons]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 2. Propositional Attitudes

2979	Propositional attitudes require representation [Lyons]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology

2987	Folk psychology works badly for alien cultures [Lyons]

18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content

2977	All thinking has content [Lyons]

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

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

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1558	Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice [Thrasymachus]