Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Oscar Wilde and Christopher Janaway

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5 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

21373

We become objective when we detach ourselves from the world [Janaway]

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]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art

7276	All art is quite useless [Wilde]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

7274	Books are only well or badly written, not moral or immoral [Wilde]

7275	Having ethical sympathies is a bad mannerism of style in an artist [Wilde]