Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Simone de Beauvoir and Robert B. Brandom

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5 ideas

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 2. Correspondence to Facts

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Facts can't make claims true, because they are true claims [Brandom, by Kusch]

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]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

7765	The use of a sentence is its commitments and entitlements [Brandom, by Lycan]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

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If existence is absurd it can never have a meaning [Beauvoir]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 12. Feminism

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One is not born, but rather becomes a woman [Beauvoir]