Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Friedrich Schleiermacher and James Gordon Finlayson

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

5435	An interpreter of a text, because of wider knowledge, can understand it better than its author [Schleiermacher, by Mautner]

22028

Unity emerges from understanding particulars, so understanding is prior to seeing unity [Schleiermacher]

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]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 4. Analytic/Synthetic Critique

20959

Concepts are only analytic once the predicate is absorbed into the subject [Schleiermacher]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

15675

We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

15674

One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

15662

The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson]