Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Amphis and Victor Velarde-Mayol

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5 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 4. Solipsism

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The Cogito demands a bridge to the world, and ends in isolating the ego [Velarde-Mayol]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

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The representation may not be a likeness [Velarde-Mayol]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

3032	I can form no notion of what the good is [Amphis]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences

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Find the essence by varying an object, to see what remains invariable [Velarde-Mayol]