Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Speussipus, Correia,F/Schnieder,B and Beth Lord

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

21855

Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

17266

Using modal logic, philosophers tried to handle all metaphysics in modal terms [Correia/Schnieder]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

17263

Why do rationalists accept Sufficient Reason, when it denies the existence of fundamental facts? [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

17270

Is existential dependence by grounding, or do grounding claims arise from existential dependence? [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation

17268

Grounding is metaphysical and explanation epistemic, so keep them apart [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

17267

The identity of two facts may depend on how 'fine-grained' we think facts are [Correia/Schnieder]

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]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

21866

Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]

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]