Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Sarah Sawyer and Hastings Rashdall

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11 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

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Semantic theory should specify when an act of naming is successful [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential

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Millians say a name just means its object [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

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Sentences with empty names can be understood, be co-referential, and even be true [Sawyer]

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Frege's compositional account of truth-vaues makes 'Pegasus doesn't exist' neither true nor false [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

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Definites descriptions don't solve the empty names problem, because the properties may not exist [Sawyer]

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 / B. Nature of the Self / 2. Ethical Self

1457	Morality requires a minimum commitment to the self [Rashdall]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / e. Means and ends

6674	All moral judgements ultimately concern the value of ends [Rashdall]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 6. Ideal Utilitarianism

6673	Ideal Utilitarianism is teleological but non-hedonistic; the aim is an ideal end, which includes pleasure [Rashdall]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / c. Moral Argument

1458	Conduct is only reasonable or unreasonable if the world is governed by reason [Rashdall]

1459	Absolute moral ideals can't exist in human minds or material things, so their acceptance implies a greater Mind [Rashdall, by PG]