Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, J.G. Hamann and Giles of Orleans

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4 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / d. Cause of beliefs

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Belief is no more rational than is tasting and smelling [Hamann]

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]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

7666	God is not a mathematician, but a poet [Hamann, by Berlin]