Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Stephen P. Stich and Lord Kelvin (Wm Thomson)

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5 ideas

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

6627	Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe]

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]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

22363

You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

4765	Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / a. Energy

20644

Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin]