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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Grounding Concepts' and 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation

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We can learn about the world by studying the grounding of our concepts [Jenkins]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence

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There's essential, modal, explanatory, conceptual, metaphysical and constitutive dependence [Jenkins, by PG]

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

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We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori [Yablo]

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Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism

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The concepts we have to use for categorising are ones which map the real world well [Jenkins]