Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Kurt Vonnegut and Eric T. Olson

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4 ideas

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]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body

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Maybe our persistence conditions concern bodies, rather than persons [Olson, by Hawley]

6669	For 'animalism', I exist before I became a person, and can continue after it, so I am not a person [Olson, by Lowe]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

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Out of more than a hundred planets, Earth is the only one with the idea of free will [Vonnegut]