Combining Philosophers

Ideas for J Fodor / E Lepore, Bob Hale and Stephen Read

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
19281 Interesting supervenience must characterise the base quite differently from what supervenes on it [Hale]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
10512 The abstract/concrete distinction is based on what is perceivable, causal and located [Hale]
10517 Colours and points seem to be both concrete and abstract [Hale]
10519 The abstract/concrete distinction is in the relations in the identity-criteria of object-names [Hale]
10520 Token-letters and token-words are concrete objects, type-letters and type-words abstract [Hale]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / b. Levels of abstraction
10524 There is a hierarchy of abstraction, based on steps taken by equivalence relations [Hale]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths
19278 There is no gap between a fact that p, and it is true that p; so we only have the truth-condtions for p [Hale]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
11016 Would a language without vagueness be usable at all? [Read]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / f. Supervaluation for vagueness
11019 Supervaluations say there is a cut-off somewhere, but at no particular place [Read]
11012 A 'supervaluation' gives a proposition consistent truth-value for classical assignments [Read]
11013 Identities and the Indiscernibility of Identicals don't work with supervaluations [Read]