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'fragments/reports', 'Confessio naturae contra atheistas' and 'Frege Philosophy of Language (2nd ed)'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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Chrysippus says action is the criterion for existence, which must be physical [Chrysippus, by Tieleman]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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Ostension is possible for concreta; abstracta can only be referred to via other objects [Dummett, by Hale]
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The concrete/abstract distinction seems crude: in which category is the Mistral? [Dummett]
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We don't need a sharp concrete/abstract distinction [Dummett]
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We can't say that light is concrete but radio waves abstract [Dummett]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
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There are simple and complex facts; the latter depend on further facts [Chrysippus, by Cicero]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment
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The context principle for names rules out a special philosophical sense for 'existence' [Dummett]
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The objects we recognise the world as containing depends on the structure of our language [Dummett]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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Stoics categories are Substrate, Quality, Disposition, and Relation [Chrysippus, by Pasnau]
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