Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Thrasymachus, Harry Gildersleve and John McDowell

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7 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason

8251	The logical space of reasons is a natural phenomenon, and it is the realm of freedom [McDowell]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

8128	Representation must be propositional if it can give reasons and be epistemological [McDowell, by Burge]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

19092

There is no pure Given, but it is cultured, rather than entirely relative [McDowell, by Macbeth]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

8253	Sense impressions already have conceptual content [McDowell]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

7272	Maybe lots of qualia lead to intentionality, rather than intentionality being basic [Gildersleve]

19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language

8254	Forming concepts by abstraction from the Given is private definition, which the Private Lang. Arg. attacks [McDowell]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1558	Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice [Thrasymachus]