Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Stilpo, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Peter Alexander

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10 ideas

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

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

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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If the substantial form of brass implies its stability, how can it melt and remain brass? [Alexander,P]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle

15956

The peripatetics treated forms and real qualities as independent of matter, and non-material [Alexander,P]

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

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

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

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

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

15975

Can the qualities of a body be split into two groups, where the smaller explains the larger? [Alexander,P]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose

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Science has been partly motivated by the belief that the universe is run by God's laws [Alexander,P]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism

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Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry [Alexander,P]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

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Absolute space either provides locations, or exists but lacks 'marks' for locations [Alexander,P]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3029	Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius]