Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Stuart Hampshire and Barry Smith

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4 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 2. Truthmaker Relation

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Maybe truth-making is an unanalysable primitive, but we can specify principles for it [Smith,B]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 4. Truthmaker Necessitarianism

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God might necessitate that something happen, but He is not the truth-maker for it [Smith,B]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

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A man is a responsible agent to the extent he has an intention, and knows what he is doing [Hampshire]