Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Ruth Garrett Millikan, Catherine Z. Elgin and Ramon

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7 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

8616	How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin]

8617	Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

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Lull's combinatorial art would articulate all the basic concepts, then show how they combine [Lull, by Arthur,R]

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

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The function of beliefs is to produce beliefs-that-p when p [Millikan]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification

8618	Coherence is a justification if truth is its best explanation (not skill in creating fiction) [Elgin]

18. Thought / C. Content / 11. Teleological Semantics

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Biosemantics says content is useful mapping from a producer to a consumer system [Millikan, by Schulte]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

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Nine principles of God: goodness, greatness, eternity, power, wisdom, will, virtue, truth and glory [Lull, by Arthur,R]