Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Ruth Garrett Millikan, Robert B. Brandom and Buddhaghosa

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5 ideas

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts

10355

Facts can't make claims true, because they are true claims [Brandom, by Kusch]

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

12582

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

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

23801

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

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

7765	The use of a sentence is its commitments and entitlements [Brandom, by Lycan]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 1. Causing Death

7907	Human killing is worse if the victim is virtuous [Buddhaghosa]