Ideas from 'Ontological Dependence' by Kit Fine [1995], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Aristotelian Society' (ed/tr -) [ ,]].
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation
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We understand things through their dependency relations
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
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Metaphysics deals with the existence of things and with the nature of things
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2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition
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Maybe two objects might require simultaneous real definitions, as with two simultaneous terms
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / b. Being and existence
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An object's 'being' isn't existence; there's more to an object than existence, and its nature doesn't include existence
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence
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Dependency is the real counterpart of one term defining another
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A natural modal account of dependence says x depends on y if y must exist when x does
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An object depends on another if the second cannot be eliminated from the first's definition
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There is 'weak' dependence in one definition, and 'strong' dependence in all the definitions
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual
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We should understand identity in terms of the propositions it renders true
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence
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How do we distinguish basic from derived esssences?
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Maybe some things have essential relationships as well as essential properties
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition
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An object only essentially has a property if that property follows from every definition of the object
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