Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Lloyd Morgan and James Gordon Finlayson

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5 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

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Life has a new supervenient relation, which alters its underlying physical events [Morgan,L]

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 / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

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One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

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The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson]