Combining Philosophers
Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Thomas Hofweber and Peter van Inwagen
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
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Supervenience offers little explanation for things which necessarily go together [Hofweber]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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I reject talk of 'stuff', and treat it in terms of particles [Inwagen]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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Reality can be seen as the totality of facts, or as the totality of things [Hofweber]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
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There are probably ineffable facts, systematically hidden from us [Hofweber]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
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Singular terms can be vague, because they can contain predicates, which can be vague [Inwagen]
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