Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Lord Kelvin (Wm Thomson) and Theodor W. Adorno

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

20435

If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno]

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

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

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

22363

You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 1. Ideology

15664

Ideology is 'socially necessary illusion' or 'socially necessary false-consciousness' [Adorno, by Finlayson]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy

20644

Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin]