Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Steven Weinberg

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4 ideas

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

8732	It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

22333

Only language is understandable Being [Gadamer]

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]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value

20928

Facts don't oppose values; they are integrated into each person's aspirations [Gadamer, by Zimmermann,J]