Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Epicurus, Anjan Chakravarrty and Neil E. Williams

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
14028 Nothing comes to be from what doesn't exist [Epicurus]
14029 If disappearing things went to nothingness, nothing could return, and it would all be gone by now [Epicurus]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
23783 Change exists, it is causal, and it needs an explanation [Williams,NE]
14030 The totality is complete, so there is no room for it to change, and nothing extraneous to change it [Epicurus]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
23784 Processes don't begin or end; they just change direction unexpectedly [Williams,NE]
23790 Processes are either strings of short unchanging states, or continuous and unreducible events [Williams,NE]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
23786 The status quo is part of what exists, and so needs metaphysical explanation [Williams,NE]
23768 A metaphysic is a set of wider explanations derived from a basic ontology [Williams,NE]
23773 Humeans say properties are passive, possibility is vast, laws are descriptions, causation is weak [Williams,NE]
23779 We shouldn't posit the existence of anything we have a word for [Williams,NE]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
14048 Astronomical movements are blessed, but they don't need the help of the gods [Epicurus]