Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Theophrastus, Goodman,N/Quine,W and Dorion Sagan

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta

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We renounce all abstract entities [Goodman/Quine]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique

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How can we state relativism of sweet and sour, if they have no determinate nature? [Theophrastus]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied

5990	Theophrastus doubted whether nature could be explained teleologically [Theophrastus, by Gottschalk]