Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, John Richardson and Mark Jago

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Metaphysics generalises the data, to get at the ontology [Richardson]

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Metaphysics aims at the essence of things, and a system to show how this explains other truths [Richardson]

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Metaphysics needs systems, because analysis just obsesses over details [Richardson]

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 7. Paraconsistency

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Paraconsistent reasoning can just mean responding sensibly to inconsistencies [Jago]

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

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

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness

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Humans dominate because, unlike other animals, they have a synthesis of conflicting drives [Richardson]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation

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A mind that could see cause and effect as a continuum would deny cause and effect [Richardson]