Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Ernest Nagel and Pierre Simon de Laplace

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4 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

3425	Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

7458	The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

3441	If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]