Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, William Lyons and Emmanuel Levinas

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9 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

2986	Belief is the most important propositional attitude [Lyons]

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]

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

2978	Consciousness no longer seems essential to intentionality [Lyons]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 4. Connectionism

2984	Perceptions could give us information without symbolic representation [Lyons]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 2. Propositional Attitudes

2979	Propositional attitudes require representation [Lyons]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 4. Folk Psychology

2987	Folk psychology works badly for alien cultures [Lyons]

18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content

2977	All thinking has content [Lyons]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / a. Preconditions for ethics

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Levinas took 'first philosophy' to begin with seeing the vulnerable faces of others [Levinas, by Aho]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

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Levinas says Marxism is the replacement of individualist ethics, by solidarity and sociality [Levinas, by Critchley]