Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Berit Brogaard and Ernst Mach

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

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]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 9. Indexical Thought

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If two people can have phenomenally identical experiences, they can't involve the self [Brogaard]