Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Jaakko Hintikka and Susan A. Gelman

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment

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Our commitments are to an 'ontology', but also to an 'ideology', or conceptual system [Hintikka]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation

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Even fairly simple animals make judgements based on categories [Gelman]

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Children accept real stable categories, with nonobvious potential that gives causal explanations [Gelman]