Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Roy Bhaskar and Walter Burley

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5 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

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Kind essences are the categorical bases of a thing's causal powers [Bhaskar, by Chakravartty]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

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Days exist, and yet they seem to be made up of parts which don't exist [Burley]

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Unlike permanent things, successive things cannot exist all at once [Burley]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / c. Primary qualities

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The primary qualities are mixed to cause secondary qualities [Burley]

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]