Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Thrasymachus, Pierre Simon de Laplace and Nicholas Bourbaki

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

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From the axiomatic point of view, mathematics is a storehouse of abstract structures [Bourbaki]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

7458	The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

3441	If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]

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

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