Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Helen Cartwright and Roy Ellen

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7 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms
10670 A 'singulariser' converts a plural like 'number of' to a syntactically neutral form [Cartwright,H, by Hossack]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
10496 Monothetic categories have fixed defining features, and polythetic categories do not [Ellen]
10497 In symbolic classification, the categories are linked to rules [Ellen]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation
10494 Several words may label a category; one word can name several categories; some categories lack words [Ellen]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
10495 Continuous experience sometimes needs imposition of boundaries to create categories [Ellen]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism
10498 Classification is no longer held to be rooted in social institutions [Ellen]
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]