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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Every Thing Must Go' and 'The Problem of Counterfactual Conditionals'

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

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Only admit into ontology what is explanatory and predictive [Ladyman/Ross]

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To be is to be a real pattern [Ladyman/Ross]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

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Any process can be described as transfer of measurable information [Ladyman/Ross]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / a. Fundamental reality

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We say there is no fundamental level to ontology, and reality is just patterns [Ladyman/Ross]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

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If concrete is spatio-temporal and causal, and abstract isn't, the distinction doesn't suit physics [Ladyman/Ross]

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Concrete and abstract are too crude for modern physics [Ladyman/Ross]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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Physicalism is 'part-whole' (all parts are physical), or 'supervenience/levels' (dependence on physical) [Ladyman/Ross]