Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Jerry A. Fodor and Robert Kirk
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
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If 'exist' is ambiguous in 'chairs and numbers exist', that mirrors the difference between chairs and numbers [Fodor]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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A weaker kind of reductionism than direct translation is the use of 'bridge laws' [Kirk,R]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
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A necessary relation between fact-levels seems to be a further irreducible fact [Lynch/Glasgow]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
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If some facts 'logically supervene' on some others, they just redescribe them, adding nothing [Lynch/Glasgow]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
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Nonreductive materialism says upper 'levels' depend on lower, but don't 'reduce' [Lynch/Glasgow]
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The hallmark of physicalism is that each causal power has a base causal power under it [Lynch/Glasgow]
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