Ideas of Carrie Jenkins, by Theme
[British, fl. 2010, Professor at Nottingham University.]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
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Examining concepts can recover information obtained through the senses
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3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts
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Instead of correspondence of proposition to fact, look at correspondence of its parts
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
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Combining the concepts of negation and finiteness gives the concept of infinity
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism
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Arithmetic concepts are indispensable because they accurately map the world
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Senses produce concepts that map the world, and arithmetic is known through these concepts
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
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It is not easy to show that Hume's Principle is analytic or definitive in the required sense
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation
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We can learn about the world by studying the grounding of our concepts
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence
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There's essential, modal, explanatory, conceptual, metaphysical and constitutive dependence [PG]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism
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The concepts we have to use for categorising are ones which map the real world well
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 9. A Priori from Concepts
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Examining accurate, justified or grounded concepts brings understanding of the world
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 2. Intuition
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It is not enough that intuition be reliable - we need to know why it is reliable
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification
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Knowledge is true belief which can be explained just by citing the proposition believed
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / b. Empirical concepts
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Grounded concepts are trustworthy maps of the world
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The physical effect of world on brain explains the concepts we possess
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification
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Verificationism is better if it says meaningfulness needs concepts grounded in the senses
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics
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Success semantics explains representation in terms of success in action
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 1. Analytic Propositions
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'Analytic' can be conceptual, or by meaning, or predicate inclusion, or definition...
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