Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Oscar Wilde and Adam Cross

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5 ideas

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification
Surely ALL truths are externally justified, by the facts? [Cross,A]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction
Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
All art is quite useless [Wilde]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
Books are only well or badly written, not moral or immoral [Wilde]
Having ethical sympathies is a bad mannerism of style in an artist [Wilde]