Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Samuel Scheffler, Richard P. Feynman and Steven Weinberg

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

8732	It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism

22457

If the aim is good outcomes, why are killings worse than deaths? [Scheffler, by Foot]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

18530

Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

17707

We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]