Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Pindar, Michael Strevens and D.J. O'Connor

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12 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

3745	Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth? [O'Connor]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

3742	Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs [O'Connor]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth

3744	The semantic theory requires sentences as truth-bearers, not propositions [O'Connor]

3749	What does 'true in English' mean? [O'Connor]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

3746	Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

3747	Events are fast changes which are of interest to us [O'Connor]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

14365

Scientific understanding is always the grasping of a correct explanation [Strevens]

14368

We may 'understand that' the cat is on the mat, but not at all 'understand why' it is there [Strevens]

14369

Understanding is a precondition, comes in degrees, is active, and holistic - unlike explanation [Strevens]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

3743	We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them [O'Connor]

3748	Without language our beliefs are particular and present [O'Connor]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]