Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hilary Putnam, George Engelbretsen and Cynthia Macdonald
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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Existence and nonexistence are characteristics of the world, not of objects [Engelbretsen]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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Reduce by bridge laws (plus property identities?), by elimination, or by reducing talk [Macdonald,C]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Realism is a theory, which explains the convergence of science and the success of language [Putnam]
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Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam]
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Realists believe truth is correspondence, independent of humans, is bivalent, and is unique [Putnam]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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You can't deny a hypothesis a truth-value simply because we may never know it! [Putnam]
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Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha]
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If we try to cure the abundance of theories with causal links, this is 'just more theory' [Putnam, by Lewis]
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It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam]
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The sentence 'A cat is on a mat' remains always true when 'cat' means cherry and 'mat' means tree [Putnam]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
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A fact is simply what it is rational to accept [Putnam]
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Facts are not in the world - they are properties of the world [Engelbretsen]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism
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Individuals are arranged in inclusion categories that match our semantics [Engelbretsen]
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