Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Gorgias and D.J. O'Connor

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12 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

3745	Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth? [O'Connor]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

3742	Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs [O'Connor]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth

3744	The semantic theory requires sentences as truth-bearers, not propositions [O'Connor]

3749	What does 'true in English' mean? [O'Connor]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

3746	Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

3747	Events are fast changes which are of interest to us [O'Connor]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

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A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

3743	We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them [O'Connor]

3748	Without language our beliefs are particular and present [O'Connor]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]