Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Max Horkheimer and David Fair

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 5. Critical Theory

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Horkheimer's critical theory was interdisciplinary, and aware of its own context and function [Horkheimer, by Finlayson]

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]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

8326	Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley]

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Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J]