Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Thrasymachus, Wallace, J and Noam Chomsky

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6 ideas

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / c. Category mistake as semantic

18009

Chomsky established the view that category mistakes are well-formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

10009

Substitutional quantification is just a variant of Tarski's account [Wallace, by Baldwin]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

6649	Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 1. Syntax

18007

Syntax is independent of semantics; sentences can be well formed but meaningless [Chomsky, by Magidor]

18006

Chomsky's 'interpretative semantics' says syntax comes first, and is then interpreted [Chomsky, by Magidor]

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

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