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Ideas for Anaxarchus, Stathis Psillos and Averroes (Ibn Rushd)

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

16587	Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence [Averroes]
	Full Idea: Prime matter falls halfway, as it were, between complete non-existence and actual existence.
	From: Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (Commentary on 'Physics' [1190], I.70), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 03.1

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

4768	The 'epistemic fallacy' is inferring what does exist from what can be known to exist [Psillos]
	Full Idea: The move from what can (or cannot) be known to exist to what does (or does not) exist has been dubbed the 'epistemic fallacy'.
	From: Stathis Psillos (Causation and Explanation [2002], §1.6)
	A reaction: This should be a standard concept in all philosophical discussion. It is the commonest, simplest, and most profound blunder made by philosophers, and they do it all the time.