Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Archimedes, Bob Hale/ Aviv Hoffmann and John Hacker-Wright

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 1. Types of Modality

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Maybe modal thought is unavoidable, as a priori recognition of necessary truth-preservation in reasoning [Hale/Hoffmann,A]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

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Noncognitivism tries to avoid both naturalism and mysterious morality [Hacker-Wright]