Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, J.L. Austin and Paul J. Cohen

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
21960 Ordinary language is the beginning of philosophy, but there is much more to it [Austin,JL]
3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth
10835 True sentences says the appropriate descriptive thing on the appropriate demonstrative occasion [Austin,JL]
3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 3. Correspondence Truth critique
10836 Correspondence theorists shouldn't think that a country has just one accurate map [Austin,JL]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism
14248 We could accept the integers as primitive, then use sets to construct the rest [Cohen]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / a. Problem of vagueness
21598 Austin revealed many meanings for 'vague': rough, ambiguous, general, incomplete... [Austin,JL, by Williamson]
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]