Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, William Lycan and C.D. Broad
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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Institutions are not reducible as types, but they are as tokens [Lycan]
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Types cannot be reduced, but levels of reduction are varied groupings of the same tokens [Lycan]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
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One location may contain molecules, a metal strip, a key, an opener of doors, and a human tragedy [Lycan]
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Biologists see many organic levels, 'abstract' if seen from below, 'structural' if seen from above [Lycan]
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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 / 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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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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I see the 'role'/'occupant' distinction as fundamental to metaphysics [Lycan]
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