Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lawrence B. Lombard, David Lewis and Dale Jacquette
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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'Allists' embrace the existence of all controversial entities; 'noneists' reject all but the obvious ones [Lewis]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
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We can't accept a use of 'existence' that says only some of the things there are actually exist [Lewis]
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Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]
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There are only two kinds: sets, and possibilia (actual and possible particulars) [Lewis, by Oliver]
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Existence doesn't come in degrees; once asserted, it can't then be qualified [Lewis]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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Every proposition is entirely about being [Lewis]
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To grasp being, we must say why something exists, and why there is one world [Jacquette]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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Existence is completeness and consistency [Jacquette]
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Being is maximal consistency [Jacquette]
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