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Ideas for Hermarchus, William Lycan and Michael Lockwood

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

6532	Types cannot be reduced, but levels of reduction are varied groupings of the same tokens [Lycan]

6531	Institutions are not reducible as types, but they are as tokens [Lycan]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality

6534	One location may contain molecules, a metal strip, a key, an opener of doors, and a human tragedy [Lycan]

5500	Biologists see many organic levels, 'abstract' if seen from below, 'structural' if seen from above [Lycan]

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

2969	How does a direct realist distinguish a building from Buckingham Palace? [Lockwood]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories

6529	I see the 'role'/'occupant' distinction as fundamental to metaphysics [Lycan]