Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Speussipus, Oswald Veblen and Richard Jeffrey

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5 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

10247

We have no adequate logic at the moment, so mathematicians must create one [Veblen]

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 / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

16285

A possible world can be seen as a complete and consistent novel [Jeffrey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

19155

Instead of gambling, Jeffrey made the objects of Bayesian preference to be propositions [Jeffrey, by Davidson]

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]