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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study' and 'Every Thing Must Go'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
5992 Chrysippus says action is the criterion for existence, which must be physical [Chrysippus, by Tieleman]
14942 Only admit into ontology what is explanatory and predictive [Ladyman/Ross]
14948 To be is to be a real pattern [Ladyman/Ross]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
14947 Any process can be described as transfer of measurable information [Ladyman/Ross]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / a. Fundamental reality
14941 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
10577 Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo]
10493 If concrete is spatio-temporal and causal, and abstract isn't, the distinction doesn't suit physics [Ladyman/Ross]
14934 Concrete and abstract are too crude for modern physics [Ladyman/Ross]
10578 We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori [Yablo]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
14909 Physicalism is 'part-whole' (all parts are physical), or 'supervenience/levels' (dependence on physical) [Ladyman/Ross]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
21673 There are simple and complex facts; the latter depend on further facts [Chrysippus, by Cicero]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
16652 Stoics categories are Substrate, Quality, Disposition, and Relation [Chrysippus, by Pasnau]