Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Wallace, J and Hans-Johann Glock

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

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Analysis must include definitions, search for simples, concept analysis, and Kant's analysis [Glock]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

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Substitutional quantification is just a variant of Tarski's account [Wallace, by Baldwin]

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

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German and British idealism is not about individual ideas, but the intelligibility of reality [Glock]

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]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / h. Family resemblance

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The variety of uses of 'game' may be that it has several meanings, and isn't a single concept [Glock]

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We might say that the family resemblance is just a consequence of meaning-as-use [Glock]