Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Nicolas Malebranche and Hans Reichenbach

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8 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
22361 Contextual values are acceptable in research, but not in its final evaluation [Reichenbach, by Reiss/Sprenger]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
16669 Everything that exists is either a being, or some mode of a being [Malebranche]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation
18278 Kant showed that our perceptions are partly constructed from our concepts [Reichenbach]
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]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation
8410 A theory of causal relations yields an asymmetry which defines the direction of time [Reichenbach, by Salmon]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
2594 A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche]
12726 In a true cause we see a necessary connection [Malebranche]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow
14935 The direction of time is grounded in the direction of causation [Reichenbach, by Ladyman/Ross]