Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Barry Smith and Richard P. Feynman

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7 ideas

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

15970

People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

18470

Maybe truth-making is an unanalysable primitive, but we can specify principles for it [Smith,B]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 4. Truthmaker Necessitarianism

18469

God might necessitate that something happen, but He is not the truth-maker for it [Smith,B]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

6005	Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

18530

Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

17707

We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]