Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Thrasymachus, Mary Louise Gill and Zoltn Gendler Szab

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8 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / c. Unit (Singleton) Sets

8956	What is a singleton set, if a set is meant to be a collection of objects? [Szabó]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

8953	Abstract entities don't depend on their concrete entities ...but maybe on the totality of concrete things [Szabó]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

16083

Aristotelian matter seriously threatens the intrinsic unity and substantiality of its object [Gill,ML]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

8954	Geometrical circles cannot identify a circular paint patch, presumably because they lack something [Szabó]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

8955	Abstractions are imperceptible, non-causal, and non-spatiotemporal (the third explaining the others) [Szabó]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

17006

Prime matter has no place in Aristotle's theories, and passages claiming it are misread [Gill,ML]

16093

Prime matter is actually nothing and potentially everything (or potentially an element) [Gill,ML]

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

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