Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Herodotus, Johann Gottfried Herder and Dag Prawitz

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

20947

Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 1. Overview of Logic

13831

Logic is based on transitions between sentences [Prawitz]

5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 1. Logical Consequence

13827

Logical consequence isn't a black box (Tarski's approach); we should explain how arguments work [Prawitz]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 2. Logical Connectives / a. Logical connectives

13825

Natural deduction introduction rules may represent 'definitions' of logical connectives [Prawitz]

5. Theory of Logic / H. Proof Systems / 4. Natural Deduction

13823

In natural deduction, inferences are atomic steps involving just one logical constant [Prawitz]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 1. Logical Models

13826

Model theory looks at valid sentences and consequence, but not how we know these things [Prawitz]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

20949

Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

7669	We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism

7668	Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

1513	The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus]