Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Barry Smith and Metrodorus (Chi)

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4 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

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Maybe truth-making is an unanalysable primitive, but we can specify principles for it [Smith,B]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 4. Truthmaker Necessitarianism

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God might necessitate that something happen, but He is not the truth-maker for it [Smith,B]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

527	Everything exists which anyone perceives [Metrodorus of Chios]

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]