Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Samuel Alexander, Francois-Marie Voltaire and Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

21239

Philosophers are marked by a joint love of evidence and ambiguity [Merleau-Ponty]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

3534	To be is to have causal powers [Alexander,S]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

21862

Consciousness is based on 'I can', not on 'I think' [Merleau-Ponty]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

20750

The mind does not unite perceptions, because they flow into one another [Merleau-Ponty]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism

14494

Epiphenomenalism is like a pointless nobleman, kept for show, but soon to be abolished [Alexander,S]

3398	Epiphenomenalism makes the mind totally pointless [Alexander,S]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule

7844	The Golden Rule is accepted everywhere, and gives a fixed target for morality [Voltaire]