Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Armand Marie LeRoi and Quentin Smith

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

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The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi]

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]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 6. Space-Time

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Time, as it appears in standard modern science, is bad verificationist metaphysics [Smith,Q, by Le Poidevin]