Ideas from 'Metaphysical Dependence' by Gideon Rosen [2010], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Modality' (ed/tr Hale,B/Hoffman,A) [OUP 2010,]].

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Philosophers are often too fussy about words, dismissing perfectly useful ordinary terms

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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Figuring in the definition of a thing doesn't make it a part of that thing

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 10. Monotonicity

14096

Explanations fail to be monotonic

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

14097

Things could be true 'in virtue of' others as relations between truths, or between truths and items

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

14095

Facts are structures of worldly items, rather like sentences, individuated by their ingredients

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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An 'intrinsic' property is one that depends on a thing and its parts, and not on its relations

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity

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The excellent notion of metaphysical 'necessity' cannot be defined

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

14101

Are necessary truths rooted in essences, or also in basic grounding laws?

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 1. Analytic Propositions

14099

'Bachelor' consists in or reduces to 'unmarried' male, but not the other way around

27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry

14098

An acid is just a proton donor