Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Ori Simchen and Robert B. Brandom

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7 ideas

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts

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Facts can't make claims true, because they are true claims [Brandom, by Kusch]

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 7. Barcan Formula

16186

The Barcan Formulas express how to combine modal operators with classical quantifiers [Simchen]

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The Barcan Formulas are orthodox, but clash with the attractive Actualist view [Simchen]

16190

BF implies that if W possibly had a child, then something is possibly W's child [Simchen]

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]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Serious Actualism says there are no facts at all about something which doesn't exist [Simchen]

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

7765	The use of a sentence is its commitments and entitlements [Brandom, by Lycan]