Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Stilpo, William Davies and Godfrey Vesey

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7 ideas

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data
Sensations are mental, but sense-data could be mind-independent [Vesey]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism
Markets are transparent, with known prices and activity, and minimal profits [Davies,W]
Capitalists use their exceptional power to impose their own rules, and make the state their ally [Davies,W]
Economies have material, economic and capitalist layers [Davies,W]
Capitalism must mainly rely either on the labour market, or on the financial markets [Davies,W]
Capitalism is the anti-market, with opacity, monopolies, powers, exceptional profits and wealth [Davies,W]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius]