Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Yale Kamisar and Averroes (Ibn Rushd)

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4 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

16587

Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence [Averroes]

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]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 2. Euthanasia

4051	People will volunteer for euthanasia because they think other people want them dead [Kamisar]

4050	We only allow voluntary euthanasia to someone who is both sane and crazed by pain [Kamisar]