Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hesiod, J Fodor / E Lepore and Wilhelm Dilthey

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

5437	The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / d. Explaining people

5436	Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism

9381	If some inferences are needed to fix meaning, but we don't know which, they are all relevant [Fodor/Lepore, by Boghossian]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

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Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche]