Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Jeremiah, Wilhelm Dilthey and A.C. Ewing

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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics
5437 The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism
21513 We can no more expect a precise definition of coherence than we can of the moral ideal [Ewing]
13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique
21497 If undetailed, 'coherence' is just a vague words that covers all possible arguments [Ewing]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / d. Explaining people
5436 Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
18671 The ground for an attitude is not a thing's 'goodness', but its concrete characteristics [Ewing]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State
7346 Jeremiah implied a link between weakness and goodness, and the evil of the state [Jeremiah, by Johnson,P]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
22920 Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord [Jeremiah]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism
22089 Am I a God afar off, and not a God close at hand? [Jeremiah]