Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Menedemus, Catherine Z. Elgin and Berit Brogaard

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5 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

8616	How can multiple statements, none of which is tenable, conjoin to yield a tenable conclusion? [Elgin]

8617	Statements that are consistent, cotenable and supportive are roughly true [Elgin]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / a. Coherence as justification

8618	Coherence is a justification if truth is its best explanation (not skill in creating fiction) [Elgin]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 9. Indexical Thought

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If two people can have phenomenally identical experiences, they can't involve the self [Brogaard]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

3031	The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]