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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'A world of truthmakers?' and 'Form, Matter and Substance'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Much metaphysical debate concerns what is fundamental, rather than what exists [Koslicki]

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 6. Making Negative Truths

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If it were true that nothing at all existed, would that have a truthmaker? [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification

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Structured wholes are united by the teamwork needed for their capacities [Koslicki]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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The form explains kind, structure, unity and activity [Koslicki]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Hylomorphic compounds need an individual form for transworld identity [Koslicki]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers

579	Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

578	Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle]