Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Richard Boyd and Michael V. Wedin

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties

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A 'categorial' property is had by virtue of being or having an item from a category [Wedin]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance is a principle and a kind of cause [Wedin]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock [Wedin]

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]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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The properties of an electron can't be explained just as 'clustering' [Chakravartty on Boyd]

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Properties cluster together, either because of intrinsic relations, or because of an underlying process [Boyd, by Chakravartty]