Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Friedrich Jacobi and Henri Bergson

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

8226	A well-posed problem is a problem solved [Bergson, by Deleuze/Guattari]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming

21846

Bergson was a rallying point, because he emphasised becomings and multiplicities [Bergson, by Deleuze]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory

21854

Bergson showed that memory is not after the event, but coexists with it [Bergson, by Deleuze]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

20653

Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 5. Causal Argument

22100

Experienced time means no two mental moments are ever alike [Bergson]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / g. Contemplation

7071	Life and rationality are pointless if we can only contemplate the freedom of our own ego [Jacobi]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism

7072	Jacobi was the first philosopher to talk of nihilism [Jacobi, by Critchley]