Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Terry Pinkard and Hannah Arendt

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

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Wolff's version of Leibniz dominated mid-18th C German thought [Pinkard]

22021

Romantics explored beautiful subjectivity, and the re-enchantment of nature [Pinkard]

22010

The combination of Kant and the French Revolution was an excited focus for German philosophy [Pinkard]

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / d. Nineteenth century philosophy

22036

In Hegel's time naturalism was called 'Spinozism' [Pinkard]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

22048

Idealism is the link between reason and freedom [Pinkard]

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]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / c. Despotism

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Modern totalitarianism results from lack of social ties or shared goals [Arendt, by Oksala]

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The ideal subject for dictators is not a fanatic, but someone who can't distinguish true from false [Arendt, by Oksala]