Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Herodotus, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Antony Eagle

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

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Philosophers are marked by a joint love of evidence and ambiguity [Merleau-Ponty]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

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Consciousness is based on 'I can', not on 'I think' [Merleau-Ponty]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

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The mind does not unite perceptions, because they flow into one another [Merleau-Ponty]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]

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

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