Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Carl Hoefer and Alonzo Church

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5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 7. Decidability

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Validity is provable, but invalidity isn't, because the model is infinite [Church, by McGee]

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]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

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General Relativity allows substantivalism about space-time - that it has independent properties [Hoefer]