Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Aenesidemus and Hugh MacColl

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6 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / b. Empty (Null) Set

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The null class is the class with all the non-existents as its members [MacColl, by Lackey]

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

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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 / 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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / h. Against ethics

6040	There is no universal goal to human life [Aenesidemus, by Photius]