Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Aristotle and Tim Mawson

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation

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Aristotle's formal and material 'becauses' [aitiai] arguably involve grounding [Aristotle, by Correia/Schnieder]

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

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A necessary relation between fact-levels seems to be a further irreducible fact [Lynch/Glasgow]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence

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Of interdependent things, the prior one causes the other's existence [Aristotle]

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What is prior is always potentially present in what is next in order [Aristotle]

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Prior things can exist without posterior things, but not vice versa [Aristotle]

1699	A thing is prior to another if it implies its existence [Aristotle]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

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If some facts 'logically supervene' on some others, they just redescribe them, adding nothing [Lynch/Glasgow]