Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for David Fair, Vittorio Hsle and William Whewell

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Early Romantics sought a plurality of systems, in a quest for freedom [Hösle]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / d. Consilience

20643

Consilience is a common groundwork of explanation [Whewell]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history

22819

In the 18th century history came to be seen as progressive, rather than cyclical [Hösle]

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]