Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, William K. Clifford and Stephen Mumford
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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For Humeans the world is a world primarily of events [Mumford]
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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 / 2. Realism
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Modest realism says there is a reality; the presumptuous view says we can accurately describe it [Mumford]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Anti-realists deny truth-values to all statements, and say evidence and ontology are inseparable [Mumford]
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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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