Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Nathan Salmon and Ludwig Wittgenstein

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26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 5. Reference to Natural Kinds

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Nothing in the direct theory of reference blocks anti-essentialism; water structure might have been different [Salmon,N]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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Laws of nature are an aspect of the phenomena, and are just our mode of description [Wittgenstein]