Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Roger Penrose, Hans Reichenbach and Pittacus

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these philosophers

---

6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

22361

Contextual values are acceptable in research, but not in its final evaluation [Reichenbach, by Reiss/Sprenger]

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

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

18278

Kant showed that our perceptions are partly constructed from our concepts [Reichenbach]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness

4921	Quantum states in microtubules could bind brain activity to produce consciousness [Penrose]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation

8410	A theory of causal relations yields an asymmetry which defines the direction of time [Reichenbach, by Salmon]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow

14935

The direction of time is grounded in the direction of causation [Reichenbach, by Ladyman/Ross]