Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Harré,R./Madden,E.H., Pyrrho and David Lewis
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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Supervenience is reduction without existence denials, ontological priorities, or translatability [Lewis]
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The whole truth supervenes on the physical truth [Lewis]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
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Supervenience concerns whether things could differ, so it is a modal notion [Lewis]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / b. Types of supervenience
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Where pixels make up a picture, supervenience is reduction [Lewis]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
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A supervenience thesis is a denial of independent variation [Lewis]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience
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Humean supervenience says the world is just a vast mosaic of qualities in space-time [Lewis]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / a. Fundamental reality
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Fundamental particulars can't change [Harré/Madden]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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Atomless gunk is an individual whose parts all have further proper parts [Lewis]
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Hard individual blocks don't fix what 'things' are; fluids are no less material things [Harré/Madden]
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We have no idea of a third sort of thing, that isn't an individual, a class, or their mixture [Lewis]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / b. Mixtures
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Magnetic and gravity fields can occupy the same place without merging [Harré/Madden]
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