Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Correia,F/Schnieder,B, William Shakespeare and N.L. Wilson

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8658	For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently [Shakespeare]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

17266

Using modal logic, philosophers tried to handle all metaphysics in modal terms [Correia/Schnieder]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

22708

Good reasons must give way to better [Shakespeare]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

17263

Why do rationalists accept Sufficient Reason, when it denies the existence of fundamental facts? [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

17270

Is existential dependence by grounding, or do grounding claims arise from existential dependence? [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation

17268

Grounding is metaphysical and explanation epistemic, so keep them apart [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

17267

The identity of two facts may depend on how 'fine-grained' we think facts are [Correia/Schnieder]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

6316	We translate in a way that makes the largest possible number of statements true [Wilson,NL]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / b. Volitionism

20304

The cause of my action is in my will [Shakespeare]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war

23565

Our obedience to the king erases any crimes we commit for him [Shakespeare]