Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Colin McGinn and Hugh MacColl

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

6070	Existence is a primary quality, non-existence a secondary quality [McGinn]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

6062	Existence can't be analysed as instantiating a property, as instantiation requires existence [McGinn]

6065	We can't analyse the sentence 'something exists' in terms of instantiated properties [McGinn]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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To explain object qualities, primary qualities must be more than mere sources of experience [McGinn]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

6082	If causal power is the test for reality, that will exclude necessities and possibilities [McGinn]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

6075	Facts are object-plus-extension, or property-plus-set-of-properties, or object-plus-property [McGinn]