Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hermarchus, David M. Armstrong and Alexander Bird
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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If all existents are causally active, that excludes abstracta and causally isolated objects [Bird]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
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If naturalism refers to supervenience, that leaves necessary entities untouched [Bird]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms
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Logical atomism builds on the simple properties, but are they the only possible properties? [Armstrong]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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Some think of reality as made of things; I prefer facts or states of affairs [Armstrong]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Anti-realism is more plausible about laws than about entities and theories [Bird]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 5. Naturalism
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'Naturalism' says only the world of space-time exists [Armstrong]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism
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Without modality, Armstrong falls back on fictionalism to support counterfactual laws [Bird on Armstrong]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
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Negative facts are supervenient on positive facts, suggesting they are positive facts [Armstrong]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 9. States of Affairs
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Truthmaking needs states of affairs, to unite particulars with tropes or universals. [Armstrong]
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