Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Karl Weierstrass and Bonaventura

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5 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

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Weierstrass eliminated talk of infinitesimals [Weierstrass, by Kitcher]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

18092

Weierstrass made limits central, but the existence of limits still needed to be proved [Weierstrass, by Bostock]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes

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Accidents always remain suited to a subject [Bonaventura]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

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Successive things reduce to permanent things [Bonaventura]

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]