Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Speussipus, Anon (Cent) and H. Paul Grice

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24 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
22140 The greatest philosophers are methodical; it is what makes them great [Grice]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / h. Dasein (being human)
8228 Being is revealed at the point between waking and sleep [Anon (Cent)]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance
594 Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / c. Truth-function conditionals
13856 Conditionals are truth-functional, but we must take care with misleading ones [Grice, by Edgington]
8948 The odd truth table for material conditionals is explained by conversational conventions [Grice, by Fisher]
13767 Conditionals might remain truth-functional, despite inappropriate conversational remarks [Edgington on Grice]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / f. Pragmatics of conditionals
10990 Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read]
14277 A person can be justified in believing a proposition, though it is unreasonable to actually say it [Grice, by Edgington]
15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / a. Other minds
8232 Neglect your self, and feel the consciousness of each other being [Anon (Cent)]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention
7751 Meaning needs an intention to induce a belief, and a recognition that this is the speaker's intention [Grice]
7752 Only the utterer's primary intention is relevant to the meaning [Grice]
7753 We judge linguistic intentions rather as we judge non-linguistic intentions, so they are alike [Grice]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
22330 Grice said patterns of use are often semantically irrelevant, because it is a pragmatic matter [Grice, by Glock]
19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature
18045 Grice's maxim of quality says do not assert what you believe to be false [Grice, by Magidor]
18044 Grice's maxim of manner requires one to be as brief as possible [Grice, by Magidor]
10991 Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read]
18046 Grice's maxim of quantity says be sufficiently informative [Grice, by Magidor]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
8230 Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop [Anon (Cent)]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
8234 Bondage and liberation are relative terms, which only frighten those already terrified of the universe [Anon (Cent)]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
2632 Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 4. Zen Buddhism
8231 Abandon attachment to body, and feel the joy of being everywhere [Anon (Cent)]
8227 Feel your whole body saturated with cosmic essence [Anon (Cent)]
8229 The serenity in blue sky beyond clouds [Anon (Cent)]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
8233 Imagine fire burning up your whole body, but not you [Anon (Cent)]