Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Xenophon, Otto Neurath and Brand Blanshard

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

7081	Philosophy is not separate from or above empirical science [Neurath]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

2764	Full coherence might involve consistency and mutual entailment of all propositions [Blanshard, by Dancy,J]

3. Truth / D. Coherence Truth / 1. Coherence Truth

19080

Coherence tests for truth without implying correspondence, so truth is not correspondence [Blanshard, by Young,JO]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

10486

If we are rebuilding our ship at sea, we should jettison some cargo [Boolos on Neurath]

8485	We must always rebuild our ship on the open sea; we can't reconstruct it properly in dry-dock [Neurath]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

5845	Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

5833	Education is the greatest of human goods [Xenophon]