Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Baruch de Spinoza and Jacques Derrida

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / f. Necessity in explanations

4312	To understand a phenomenon, we must understand why it is necessary, not merely contingent [Spinoza, by Cottingham]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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To understand the properties we must know the essence, as with a circle [Spinoza]