Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Donald Davidson, Alcmaeon and Roderick Chisholm

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / e. Facts rejected

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If we try to identify facts precisely, they all melt into one (as the Slingshot Argument proves) [Davidson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 9. States of Affairs

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A state of affairs pertains to a thing if it implies that it has some property [Chisholm]

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The mark of a state of affairs is that it is capable of being accepted [Chisholm]

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I propose that events and propositions are two types of states of affairs [Chisholm]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]