Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Theophrastus, Daniel Garber and Ruth Garrett Millikan

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6 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
12695 Epicurean atomists say body is sensible, to distinguish it from space. [Garber]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
12582 The function of beliefs is to produce beliefs-that-p when p [Millikan]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique
20921 How can we state relativism of sweet and sour, if they have no determinate nature? [Theophrastus]
18. Thought / C. Content / 11. Teleological Semantics
23801 Biosemantics says content is useful mapping from a producer to a consumer system [Millikan, by Schulte]
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]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism
12705 Epicurean atoms are distinguished by their extreme hardness [Garber]