Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, P. Johnson-Laird and Christopher Janaway

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
21373 We become objective when we detach ourselves from the world [Janaway]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
16062 A necessary relation between fact-levels seems to be a further irreducible fact [Lynch/Glasgow]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
16061 If some facts 'logically supervene' on some others, they just redescribe them, adding nothing [Lynch/Glasgow]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
16060 Nonreductive materialism says upper 'levels' depend on lower, but don't 'reduce' [Lynch/Glasgow]
16064 The hallmark of physicalism is that each causal power has a base causal power under it [Lynch/Glasgow]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 7. Scientific Models
3214 The models we use in reasoning may be more like perceptions than like language [Johnson-Laird]