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'Parmenides', 'Critical Common-Sensism' and 'Every Thing Must Go'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming
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The one was and is and will be and was becoming and is becoming and will become [Plato]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being
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Plato's Parmenides has a three-part theory, of Primal One, a One-Many, and a One-and-Many [Plato, by Plotinus]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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To be is to be a real pattern [Ladyman/Ross]
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Only admit into ontology what is explanatory and predictive [Ladyman/Ross]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
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Any process can be described as transfer of measurable information [Ladyman/Ross]
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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]
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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]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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Absolute ideas, such as the Good and the Beautiful, cannot be known by us [Plato]
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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]
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