Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Reiss,J/Spreger,J and Keith T. Maslin

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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]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

3523	Shadows are supervenient on their objects, but not reducible [Maslin]

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If some facts 'logically supervene' on some others, they just redescribe them, adding nothing [Lynch/Glasgow]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies

3517	'Ontology' means 'study of things which exist' [Maslin]

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]