Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Jacques Lenfant, Stuart Hampshire and H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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The question is whether force is self-sufficient in bodies, and essential, or dependent on something [Lenfant]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

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A man is a responsible agent to the extent he has an intention, and knows what he is doing [Hampshire]