Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Tom Milsted and Joseph Levine

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5 ideas

14. Science / C. Induction / 5. Paradoxes of Induction / a. Grue problem

7296	'Grue' is not a colour [Milsted]

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]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / d. Explanatory gap

7876	Even if we identify pain with neural events, we can't explain why those neurons cause that feeling [Levine, by Papineau]

7877	Only phenomenal states have an explanatory gap; water is fully explained by H2O [Levine, by Papineau]

7878	Materialism won't explain phenomenal properties, because the latter aren't seen in causal roles [Papineau on Levine]