Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Ernest Nagel and Ernst Mach

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

3425	Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim]

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]