Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, C.J. Thomae and Ian Hacking

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14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

7452	An experiment is a test, or an adventure, or a diagnosis, or a dissection [Hacking, by PG]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / a. Types of explanation

7459	Follow maths for necessary truths, and jurisprudence for contingent truths [Hacking]

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]