Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, David Fair and Giles of Orleans

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4 ideas

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

12887

A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities

16721

Changes in secondary qualities are caused by changes in primary qualities [Giles of Orleans]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 4. Naturalised causation

8326	Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley]

10379

Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J]