Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Speussipus, Karl Weierstrass and John Hacker-Wright

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5 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

18086

Weierstrass eliminated talk of infinitesimals [Weierstrass, by Kitcher]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

18092

Weierstrass made limits central, but the existence of limits still needed to be proved [Weierstrass, by Bostock]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

23688

Noncognitivism tries to avoid both naturalism and mysterious morality [Hacker-Wright]

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]