Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Ray Monk 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]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
6851 We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
18521 The criterion of existence is the possibility of action [Santayana]
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]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 6. Judgement / a. Nature of Judgement
7535 If all beliefs are propositional, then belief and judgement are the same thing [Monk]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / c. Purpose of ethics
6850 Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
23060 The good is not relative, but is rooted in facts about human needs [Santayana]