Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Benedetto Croce and Johann Gottfried Herder

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

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A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

20949

Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression

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The experience of expression and communication are intermingled in art [Croce]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions

7270	Historical interpretation aims to recapture the author's view of the work [Croce]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

7669	We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism

7668	Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin]