Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, T.H. Huxley and A.R. Hall

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7 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality

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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

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If some facts 'logically supervene' on some others, they just redescribe them, adding nothing [Lynch/Glasgow]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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Nonreductive materialism says upper 'levels' depend on lower, but don't 'reduce' [Lynch/Glasgow]

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The hallmark of physicalism is that each causal power has a base causal power under it [Lynch/Glasgow]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism

3157	T.H.Huxley gave the earliest clear statement of epiphenomenalism [Huxley, by Rey]

3154	Brain causes mind, but it doesn't seem that mind causes actions [Huxley]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

5470	The idea of laws of nature arose in the Middle Ages [Hall,AR, by Ellis]