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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Parts of Classes' and 'Grounding: an opinionated introduction'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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Existence doesn't come in degrees; once asserted, it can't then be qualified [Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

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

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Is existential dependence by grounding, or do grounding claims arise from existential dependence? [Correia/Schnieder]

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

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Grounding is metaphysical and explanation epistemic, so keep them apart [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

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We have no idea of a third sort of thing, that isn't an individual, a class, or their mixture [Lewis]

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Atomless gunk is an individual whose parts all have further proper parts [Lewis]

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

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The identity of two facts may depend on how 'fine-grained' we think facts are [Correia/Schnieder]