Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Critias and Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

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Philosophers are marked by a joint love of evidence and ambiguity [Merleau-Ponty]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

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Consciousness is based on 'I can', not on 'I think' [Merleau-Ponty]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

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The mind does not unite perceptions, because they flow into one another [Merleau-Ponty]

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 / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

542	Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]