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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
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Supervenience is nowadays seen as between properties, rather than linguistic [Swoyer]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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We can only see an alien language in terms of our own thought structures (e.g. physical/abstract) [Quine]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Anti-realists can't explain different methods to measure distance [Swoyer]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / b. Commitment of quantifiers
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"No entity without identity" - our ontology must contain items with settled identity conditions [Quine, by Melia]
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