Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Harré,R./Madden,E.H., Galen and David S. Oderberg

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Being is substantial/accidental, complete/incomplete, necessary/contingent, possible, relative, intrinsic.. [Oderberg]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

15261

Humeans can only explain change with continuity as successive replacement [Harré/Madden]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive

15268

Humeans construct their objects from events, but we construct events from objects [Harré/Madden]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

15257

The induction problem fades if you work with things, rather than with events [Harré/Madden]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / a. Fundamental reality

15300

Fundamental particulars can't change [Harré/Madden]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

15319

Hard individual blocks don't fix what 'things' are; fluids are no less material things [Harré/Madden]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / b. Mixtures

15320

Magnetic and gravity fields can occupy the same place without merging [Harré/Madden]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

15318

Gravitational and electrical fields are, for a materialist, distressingly empty of material [Harré/Madden]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 9. States of Affairs

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Events are changes in states of affairs (which consist of structured particulars, with powers and relations) [Harré/Madden]