Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Jan-Erik Jones and Kurt Vonnegut

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3 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
16030 'Nominal' definitions identify things, but fail to give their essence [Jones,J-E]
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]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
22352 Out of more than a hundred planets, Earth is the only one with the idea of free will [Vonnegut]