Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Thrasymachus, Samuel Alexander and P. Johnson-Laird

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5 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

3534	To be is to have causal powers [Alexander,S]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 7. Scientific Models

3214	The models we use in reasoning may be more like perceptions than like language [Johnson-Laird]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism

14494

Epiphenomenalism is like a pointless nobleman, kept for show, but soon to be abolished [Alexander,S]

3398	Epiphenomenalism makes the mind totally pointless [Alexander,S]

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

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