Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Charles Chihara, Anaximander and Colin 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]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

6082	If causal power is the test for reality, that will exclude necessities and possibilities [McGinn]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

6075	Facts are object-plus-extension, or property-plus-set-of-properties, or object-plus-property [McGinn]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

9559	If a successful theory confirms mathematics, presumably a failed theory disconfirms it? [Chihara]

9566	No scientific explanation would collapse if mathematical objects were shown not to exist [Chihara]