Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Archimedes, Stephen Schiffer and Daniel Garber

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5 ideas

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]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

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Epicurean atomists say body is sensible, to distinguish it from space. [Garber]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / a. Contextualism

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Contextualism needs a semantics for knowledge sentences that are partly indexical [Schiffer,S]

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The indexical aspect of contextual knowledge might be hidden, or it might be in what 'know' means [Schiffer,S]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

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Epicurean atoms are distinguished by their extreme hardness [Garber]