Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Speussipus, Edmund L. Gettier and Douglas Edwards

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7 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 2. Need for Properties

18430

We accept properties because of type/tokens, reference, and quantification [Edwards]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

18432

Quineans say that predication is primitive and inexplicable [Edwards]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

18437

Resemblance nominalism requires a second entity to explain 'the rose is crimson' [Edwards]

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]

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

18434

That a whole is prior to its parts ('priority monism') is a view gaining in support [Edwards]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / b. Gettier problem

8886	Being a true justified belief is not a sufficient condition for knowledge [Gettier]

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]