Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rayo,A/Uzquiasno,G, H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim and J.G. Hamann

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9 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

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The two best understood conceptions of set are the Iterative and the Limitation of Size [Rayo/Uzquiano]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / m. Axiom of Separation

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Some set theories give up Separation in exchange for a universal set [Rayo/Uzquiano]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

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We could have unrestricted quantification without having an all-inclusive domain [Rayo/Uzquiano]

13450

Absolute generality is impossible, if there are indefinitely extensible concepts like sets and ordinals [Rayo/Uzquiano]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 5. Second-Order Quantification

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Perhaps second-order quantifications cover concepts of objects, rather than plain objects [Rayo/Uzquiano]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs

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Belief is no more rational than is tasting and smelling [Hamann]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning

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The domain of an assertion is restricted by context, either semantically or pragmatically [Rayo/Uzquiano]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

7666	God is not a mathematician, but a poet [Hamann, by Berlin]