Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Thrasymachus, Hermann Weyl and Theophrastus

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5 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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Definition just needs negation, known variables, conjunction, disjunction, substitution and quantification [Weyl, by Lavine]

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]

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 / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism

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The limit of science is isomorphism of theories, with essences a matter of indifference [Weyl]

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

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