Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Mark Jago and David Liggins
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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Either p is true or not-p is true, so something is true, so something exists [Liggins]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / b. Relata of grounding
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The dependence of {Socrates} on Socrates involves a set and a philosopher, not facts [Liggins]
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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 / 4. Ontological Dependence
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Non-causal dependence is at present only dimly understood [Liggins]
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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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Necessities supervene on everything, but don't depend on everything [Liggins]
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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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