Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Ullin T. Place and Proclus

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5 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

13165

Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

20653

Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories

18088

Intentionality is the mark of dispositions, not of the mental [Place]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

18089

Dispositions are not general laws, but laws of the natures of individual entities [Place]