Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Friedrich Jacobi and Julio Cesare Vanini

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4 ideas

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]

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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

16591

Prime matter is nothing but its parts [Vanini]