Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Menedemus, Michael Bratman and Zoltn Gendler Szab

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9 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / c. Unit (Singleton) Sets

8956	What is a singleton set, if a set is meant to be a collection of objects? [Szabó]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

8953	Abstract entities don't depend on their concrete entities ...but maybe on the totality of concrete things [Szabó]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

8954	Geometrical circles cannot identify a circular paint patch, presumably because they lack something [Szabó]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

8955	Abstractions are imperceptible, non-causal, and non-spatiotemporal (the third explaining the others) [Szabó]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions

20034

Intentions must be mutually consistent, affirm appropriate means, and fit the agent's beliefs [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]

20033

Intentions are normative, requiring commitment and further plans [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / b. Types of intention

20026

Intention is either the aim of an action, or a long-term constraint on what we can do [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / c. Reducing intentions

20032

Bratman rejected reducing intentions to belief-desire, because they motivate, and have their own standards [Bratman, by Wilson/Schpall]

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]