Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Charles Chihara, Anaximander and Colin McGinn
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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Anaximander saw the contradiction in the world - that its own qualities destroy it [Anaximander, by Nietzsche]
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Existence is a primary quality, non-existence a secondary quality [McGinn]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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Existence can't be analysed as instantiating a property, as instantiation requires existence [McGinn]
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We can't analyse the sentence 'something exists' in terms of instantiated properties [McGinn]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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To explain object qualities, primary qualities must be more than mere sources of experience [McGinn]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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If causal power is the test for reality, that will exclude necessities and possibilities [McGinn]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
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Facts are object-plus-extension, or property-plus-set-of-properties, or object-plus-property [McGinn]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
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If a successful theory confirms mathematics, presumably a failed theory disconfirms it? [Chihara]
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No scientific explanation would collapse if mathematical objects were shown not to exist [Chihara]
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