Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Steven Weinberg, Hans-Johann Glock and Crawford L. Elder

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis
22334 Analysis must include definitions, search for simples, concept analysis, and Kant's analysis [Glock]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics
8732 It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
13795 Properties only have identity in the context of their contraries [Elder]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay
13798 Maybe we should give up the statue [Elder]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
13797 The loss of an essential property means the end of an existence [Elder]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
13794 Essential properties by nature occur in clusters or packages [Elder]
13796 Essential properties are bound together, and would be lost together [Elder]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
22332 German and British idealism is not about individual ideas, but the intelligibility of reality [Glock]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / h. Family resemblance
22336 We might say that the family resemblance is just a consequence of meaning-as-use [Glock]
22335 The variety of uses of 'game' may be that it has several meanings, and isn't a single concept [Glock]