Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Samuel Alexander, Christian Wolff and Robert B. Brandom

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7 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
18241 Sufficient reason is implied by contradiction, of an insufficient possible which exists [Wolff, by Korsgaard]
3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts
10355 Facts can't make claims true, because they are true claims [Brandom, by Kusch]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
3534 To be is to have causal powers [Alexander,S]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism
3398 Epiphenomenalism makes the mind totally pointless [Alexander,S]
14494 Epiphenomenalism is like a pointless nobleman, kept for show, but soon to be abolished [Alexander,S]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
7765 The use of a sentence is its commitments and entitlements [Brandom, by Lycan]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
18242 Confucius shows that ethics can rest on reason, rather than on revelation [Wolff, by Korsgaard]