Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Ruth Garrett Millikan, Ronald Dworkin and A.E. Taylor

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7 ideas

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]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / h. Respect
1460 Religious experience deserves the same respect as our other key experiences, and is best called 'holy' [Taylor,AE, by PG]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism
23104 Dworkin believed we should promote equality, to increase autonomy [Dworkin, by Kekes]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
23257 We can treat people as equals, or actually treat them equally [Dworkin, by Grayling]
18621 Treating people as equals is the one basic value of all plausible political theories [Dworkin, by Kymlicka]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 4. Taxation
18639 If we assess what people would buy in an imaginary insurance market, our taxes could copy it [Dworkin, by Kymlicka]