Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, William Shakespeare and Jenny Teichmann

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8658	For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently [Shakespeare]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

22708

Good reasons must give way to better [Shakespeare]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

9295	Not only substances have attributes; events, actions, states and qualities can have them [Teichmann]

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]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 2. Interactionism

9293	Body-spirit interaction ought to result in losses and increases of energy in the material world [Teichmann]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / b. Volitionism

20304

The cause of my action is in my will [Shakespeare]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war

23565

Our obedience to the king erases any crimes we commit for him [Shakespeare]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul

9292	The Soul has no particular capacity (in the way thinking belongs to the mind) [Teichmann]

9294	No individuating marks distinguish between Souls [Teichmann]