Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Otto Neurath and Paul M. Pietroski

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

7081	Philosophy is not separate from or above empirical science [Neurath]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

10486

If we are rebuilding our ship at sea, we should jettison some cargo [Boolos on Neurath]

8485	We must always rebuild our ship on the open sea; we can't reconstruct it properly in dry-dock [Neurath]

19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference

21650

No language is semantically referential; it all occurs at the level of thought or utterance [Pietroski, by Hofweber]

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]