Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, James Joule and Peter (Pyotr) Kropotkin

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these philosophers

---

4 ideas

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]

25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality

20486

Only liberty, equality and sympathy can stand up to anti-social people [Kropotkin]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

20645

Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]

20972

Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]