Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for David Fair, Ernst Mach and Robert Axelrod

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

15873

Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 8. Contract Strategies

22725

When players don't meet again, defection is the best strategy [Axelrod]

22724

Good strategies avoid conflict, respond to hostility, forgive, and are clear [Axelrod]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

8326	Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley]

10379

Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J]