Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for David Fair, Hermann Weyl and Steven Weinberg

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5 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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Definition just needs negation, known variables, conjunction, disjunction, substitution and quantification [Weyl, by Lavine]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

8732	It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg]

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]

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

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / e. Anti scientific essentialism

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The limit of science is isomorphism of theories, with essences a matter of indifference [Weyl]