Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Ryan Wasserman, Timon and Homer

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11 ideas

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

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Constitution is identity (being in the same place), or it isn't (having different possibilities) [Wasserman]

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Constitution is not identity, because it is an asymmetric dependence relation [Wasserman]

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There are three main objections to seeing constitution as different from identity [Wasserman]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / a. Parts of objects

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The weight of a wall is not the weight of its parts, since that would involve double-counting [Wasserman]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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Relative identity may reject transitivity, but that suggests that it isn't about 'identity' [Wasserman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism

2975	That honey is sweet I do not affirm, but I agree that it appears so [Timon]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

2170	Homer does not distinguish between soul and body [Homer, by Williams,B]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

2171	The 'will' doesn't exist; there is just conclusion, then action [Homer, by Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

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Plato says the Good produces the Intellectual-Principle, which in turn produces the Soul [Homer, by Plotinus]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / a. Autocracy

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Let there be one ruler [Homer]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

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Homer so enjoys the company of the gods that he must have been deeply irreligious [Homer, by Nietzsche]