Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Victor Velarde-Mayol and Max Horkheimer

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5 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]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 4. Solipsism

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The Cogito demands a bridge to the world, and ends in isolating the ego [Velarde-Mayol]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

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The representation may not be a likeness [Velarde-Mayol]

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 / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences

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Find the essence by varying an object, to see what remains invariable [Velarde-Mayol]