Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Benjamin Constant and Douglas Lackey

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5 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / b. Cantor's paradox

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Sets always exceed terms, so all the sets must exceed all the sets [Lackey]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / c. Burali-Forti's paradox

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It seems that the ordinal number of all the ordinals must be bigger than itself [Lackey]

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]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

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There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it [Constant]

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Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible [Constant]