Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Giles of Orleans and T.M. Robinson

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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities

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Changes in secondary qualities are caused by changes in primary qualities [Giles of Orleans]

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]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

5994	Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]