Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Friedrich Schleiermacher and Jonathan Schofield

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5 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 / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / b. Raven paradox

7006	Observing irrelevant items supports both 'all x are y' and 'all x are non-y', revealing its absurdity [Schofield,J]

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]