Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Samuel Alexander, Wallace, J and Bryan van Norden

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought

23392

The Dao (Way) first means the road, and comes to mean the right way to live [Norden]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

23408

The hermeneutic circle is either within the text, or between text and biased reader [Norden]

23407

Heremeneutics is either 'faith' (examining truth) or 'suspicion' (looking for hidden motives) [Norden]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

10009

Substitutional quantification is just a variant of Tarski's account [Wallace, by Baldwin]

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]