Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Menedemus, Thoralf Skolem and Michael Bratman

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10 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

17879

Axiomatising set theory makes it all relative [Skolem]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory

13536

Skolem did not believe in the existence of uncountable sets [Skolem]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 3. Löwenheim-Skolem Theorems

17878

If a 1st-order proposition is satisfied, it is satisfied in a denumerably infinite domain [Skolem]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics

17880

Integers and induction are clear as foundations, but set-theory axioms certainly aren't [Skolem]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism

17881

Mathematician want performable operations, not propositions about objects [Skolem]

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]