Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Walter Burley and Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama)

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7 ideas

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

16698

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

16690

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

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

16719

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

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

20653

Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self

5517	Individuals don't exist, but are conventional names for sets of elements [Buddha]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7600	The Buddha believed the gods would eventually disappear, and Nirvana was much higher [Buddha, by Armstrong,K]

7601	Life is suffering, from which only compassion, gentleness, truth and sobriety can save us [Buddha]