Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Eucleides, Roger Bacon and Richard Jeffrey

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5 ideas

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

16285

A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

19155

Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

1757	The Electra: she knows this man, but not that he is her brother [Eucleides, by Diog. Laertius]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good

3028	The chief good is unity, sometimes seen as prudence, or God, or intellect [Eucleides]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences

16745

No one even knows the nature and properties of a fly - why it has that colour, or so many feet [Bacon,R]