Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Pamela Foa and George Santayana

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy

8000	He who is ignorant of the history of philosophy is doomed to repeat it [Santayana, by MacIntyre]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

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The criterion of existence is the possibility of action [Santayana]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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The good is not relative, but is rooted in facts about human needs [Santayana]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

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A rape disregards the status of being a person - but so does all assault [Foa]

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Rape of children is dreadful, but no one thinks children should have a right of consent [Foa]

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If men should lust and women shouldn't, that makes rape the prevalent sexual model [Foa]