Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Jacques Lenfant, Scott Sturgeon and Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina)

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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The question is whether force is self-sufficient in bodies, and essential, or dependent on something [Lenfant]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / e. Questions about mind

2534	Mindless bodies are zombies, bodiless minds are ghosts [Sturgeon]

2537	Types are properties, and tokens are events. Are they split between mental and physical, or not? [Sturgeon]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

2532	Intentionality isn't reducible, because of its experiential aspect [Sturgeon]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 1. Reductionism critique

2533	Rule-following can't be reduced to the physical [Sturgeon]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 5. Causal Argument

2535	The main argument for physicalism is its simple account of causation [Sturgeon]

18. Thought / C. Content / 10. Causal Semantics

2536	Do facts cause thoughts, or embody them, or what? [Sturgeon]