Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Peter B. Lewis, Alexander Nehamas and Hilary Kornblith

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8 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
17951 A logos may be short, but it contains reference to the whole domain of the object [Nehamas]
17950 The logos enables us to track one particular among a network of objects [Nehamas]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
17945 Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
17946 Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
17944 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
21912 Fichte, Schelling and Hegel rejected transcendental idealism [Lewis,PB]
21911 Fichte, Hegel and Schelling developed versions of Absolute Idealism [Lewis,PB]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification
4254 Externalist accounts of knowledge do not require the traditional sort of justification [Kornblith]