Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Theophrastus, Charles Leslie Stevenson and Timothy Smiley

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4 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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Aristotle's proofs give understanding, so it can't be otherwise, so consequence is necessary [Smiley, by Rumfitt]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique

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How can we state relativism of sweet and sour, if they have no determinate nature? [Theophrastus]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

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Moral words have an inherited power from expressing attitudes in emotional situations [Stevenson,CL]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied

5990	Theophrastus doubted whether nature could be explained teleologically [Theophrastus, by Gottschalk]