Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hermarchus, Brian Ellis and William James
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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It is wisdom to believe what you desire, because belief is needed to achieve it [James]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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All good philosophers start from a dumb conviction about which truths can be revealed [James]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
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Metaphysics aims at the simplest explanation, without regard to testability [Ellis]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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A complete system is just a classification of the whole world's ingredients [James]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
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Ontology should give insight into or an explanation of the world revealed by science [Ellis]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
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Essentialism says metaphysics can't be done by analysing unreliable language [Ellis]
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