Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Timon, Hans-Georg Gadamer and John Cottingham

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Only language is understandable Being [Gadamer]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

4304	Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

4303	The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism

2975	That honey is sweet I do not affirm, but I agree that it appears so [Timon]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

4316	Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

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Facts don't oppose values; they are integrated into each person's aspirations [Gadamer, by Zimmermann,J]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4306	For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham]