Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Empedocles, Tim Maudlin and Oxford Univ 1350
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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Nothing could come out of nothing, and existence could never completely cease [Empedocles]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
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Empedocles says things are at rest, unless love unites them, or hatred splits them [Empedocles, by Aristotle]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience
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The Humean view is wrong; laws and direction of time are primitive, and atoms are decided by physics [Maudlin]
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Lewis says it supervenes on the Mosaic, but actually thinks the Mosaic is all there is [Maudlin]
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If the Humean Mosaic is ontological bedrock, there can be no explanation of its structure [Maudlin]
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The 'spinning disc' is just impossible, because there cannot be 'homogeneous matter' [Maudlin]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
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To get an ontology from ontological commitment, just add that some theory is actually true [Maudlin]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
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Naïve translation from natural to formal language can hide or multiply the ontology [Maudlin]
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