Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, John Wycliff and John Hick

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6 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]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things
16700 In order to speak about time and successive entities, the 'present' must be enlarged [Wycliff]
16701 To be successive a thing needs parts, which must therefore be lodged outside that instant [Wycliff]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / c. Religious Verification
1470 Belief in an afterlife may be unverifiable in this life, but it will be verifiable after death [Hick, by PG]
1471 It may be hard to verify that we have become immortal, but we could still then verify religious claims [Hick, by PG]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification
1469 Some things (e.g. a section of the expansion of PI) can be verified but not falsified [Hick, by PG]