Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Stephen P. Stich, Giles of Orleans and Sarah Sawyer

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8 ideas

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

6627	Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

18935

Semantic theory should specify when an act of naming is successful [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential

18945

Millians say a name just means its object [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

18934

Sentences with empty names can be understood, be co-referential, and even be true [Sawyer]

18938

Frege's compositional account of truth-vaues makes 'Pegasus doesn't exist' neither true nor false [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

18947

Definites descriptions don't solve the empty names problem, because the properties may not exist [Sawyer]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities

16721

Changes in secondary qualities are caused by changes in primary qualities [Giles of Orleans]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

4765	Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel]