Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Douglas Lackey, Robert Hanna and John Heil

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

7017	The reductionist programme dispenses with levels of reality [Heil]

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Our categories lack the neat arrangement needed for reduction [Heil]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality

4616	A higher level is 'supervenient' if it is determined by lower levels, but has its own natural laws [Heil]

7003	There are levels of organisation, complexity, description and explanation, but not of reality [Heil]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / b. Types of supervenience

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Supervenience can add covariation, upward dependence, and nomological connection [Hanna]