Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Thrasymachus, Nicole Oresme and J.L. Austin

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Ordinary language is the beginning of philosophy, but there is much more to it [Austin,JL]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

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True sentences says the appropriate descriptive thing on the appropriate demonstrative occasion [Austin,JL]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique

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Correspondence theorists shouldn't think that a country has just one accurate map [Austin,JL]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / a. Problem of vagueness

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Austin revealed many meanings for 'vague': rough, ambiguous, general, incomplete... [Austin,JL, by Williamson]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 9. Qualities

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Whiteness isn't created in an alteration, because it is just this-being-white [Oresme]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

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Successive entities are in flux, flowing in existence, with different parts at different times [Oresme]

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

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