Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Peter B. Lewis and Pierre Simon de Laplace

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5 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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Fichte, Schelling and Hegel rejected transcendental idealism [Lewis,PB]

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Fichte, Hegel and Schelling developed versions of Absolute Idealism [Lewis,PB]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

7458	The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]

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]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

3441	If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]