Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Alexander Bird and Ross P. Cameron

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

9501	If all existents are causally active, that excludes abstracta and causally isolated objects [Bird]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

9500	If naturalism refers to supervenience, that leaves necessary entities untouched [Bird]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Realism says a discourse is true or false, and some of it is true [Cameron]

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Realism says truths rest on mind-independent reality; truthmaking theories are about which features [Cameron]

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For realists it is analytic that truths are grounded in the world [Cameron]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

6780	Anti-realism is more plausible about laws than about entities and theories [Bird]