Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Michael Jubien and Solon

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being

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To exist necessarily is to have an essence whose own essence must be instantiated [Jubien]

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]

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]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

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If objects are just conventional, there is no ontological distinction between stuff and things [Jubien]

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]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories

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The category of Venus is not 'object', or even 'planet', but a particular class of good-sized object [Jubien]