Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Tim Bayne, Lewis Carroll (C.Dodgson) and John Bigelow

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these philosophers

---

9 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers

18344

Truth and falsehood must track what does or doesn't exist [Bigelow]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

21982

I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 3. Evidentialism / a. Evidence

17771

How we evaluate evidence depends on our background beliefs [Bayne]

17770

Clifford's dictum seems to block our beliefs in morality, politics and philosophy [Bayne]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

17766

Physicalism correlates brain and mind, explains causation by thought, and makes nature continuous [Bayne]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 8. Human Thought

17768

Perception reveals what animals think, but humans can disengage thought from perception [Bayne]

17769

Some people centre space on themselves; others centre space on the earth [Bayne]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought

17767

The alternative to a language of thought is map-like or diagram-like thought [Bayne]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism

14409

I am a presentist, and all language and common sense supports my view [Bigelow]