Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Herodotus, Roy Ellen and Charles Chihara

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

9559	If a successful theory confirms mathematics, presumably a failed theory disconfirms it? [Chihara]

9566	No scientific explanation would collapse if mathematical objects were shown not to exist [Chihara]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories

10496

Monothetic categories have fixed defining features, and polythetic categories do not [Ellen]

10497

In symbolic classification, the categories are linked to rules [Ellen]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation

10494

Several words may label a category; one word can name several categories; some categories lack words [Ellen]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

10495

Continuous experience sometimes needs imposition of boundaries to create categories [Ellen]