Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Peter B. Lewis and Lord Kelvin (Wm Thomson)

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5 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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Fichte, Schelling and Hegel rejected transcendental idealism [Lewis,PB]

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Fichte, Hegel and Schelling developed versions of Absolute Idealism [Lewis,PB]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin]

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 / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy

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Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin]