Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Steven Weinberg and Willard Quine
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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 / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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We don't say 'red' is abstract, unlike a river, just because it has discontinuous shape [Quine]
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We can only see an alien language in terms of our own thought structures (e.g. physical/abstract) [Quine]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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Mass terms just concern spread, but other terms involve both spread and individuation [Quine]
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