Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Albert Camus, Paul Audi and Jonathan Schaffer
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding
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Grounding is unanalysable and primitive, and is the basic structuring concept in metaphysics [Schaffer,J]
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As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J]
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If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J]
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Avoid 'in virtue of' for grounding, since it might imply a reflexive relation such as identity [Audi,P]
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Ground relations depend on the properties [Audi,P]
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A ball's being spherical non-causally determines its power to roll [Audi,P]
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Ground is irreflexive, asymmetric, transitive, non-monotonic etc. [Audi,P]
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The best critique of grounding says it is actually either identity or elimination [Audi,P]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / b. Relata of grounding
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Grounding is a singular relation between worldly facts [Audi,P]
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If grounding relates facts, properties must be included, as well as objects [Audi,P]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation
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We must accept grounding, for our important explanations [Audi,P]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / d. Grounding and reduction
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Reduction is just identity, so the two things are the same fact, so reduction isn't grounding [Audi,P]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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Three types of reduction: Theoretical (of terms), Definitional (of concepts), Ontological (of reality) [Schaffer,J]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
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Supervenience is just modal correlation [Schaffer,J]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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The cosmos is the only fundamental entity, from which all else exists by abstraction [Schaffer,J]
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