Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Origin of the Work of Art', 'Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes' and 'A Realist Theory of Science'

unexpand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

3 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

15585	Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]
	Full Idea: In his later work Heidegger came to view philosophy as closer to poetry than to science.
	From: report of Martin Heidegger (The Origin of the Work of Art [1935], p.178) by Richard Polt - Heidegger: an introduction 5 'Signs'

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

15143	Kind essences are the categorical bases of a thing's causal powers [Bhaskar, by Chakravartty]
	Full Idea: Bhaskar identifies kind essences with underlying properties, often called 'categorical bases', of the causal powers of things.
	From: report of Roy Bhaskar (A Realist Theory of Science [1975], p.212) by Anjan Chakravarrty - Inessential Aristotle: Powers without Essences 1
	A reaction: The problem with this, it always seems to me, is the something inherently passive is said to give rise to something which is inherently active. Couldn't two individuals with a kind have slightly different categorical bases?

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

9471	Intensions are creatures of darkness which should be exorcised [Quine]
	Full Idea: Intensions are creatures of darkness and I shall rejoice with the reader when they are exorcised.
	From: Willard Quine (Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes [1955], §II)
	A reaction: Quine seems to be in a diminshing minority with this view. For 'intensions' read 'meanings', presumably.