Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Arnauld / Nicole and Stuart Hampshire

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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 / 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]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / b. Levels of abstraction

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We can rise by degrees through abstraction, with higher levels representing more things [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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Nonreductive materialism says upper 'levels' depend on lower, but don't 'reduce' [Lynch/Glasgow]

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The hallmark of physicalism is that each causal power has a base causal power under it [Lynch/Glasgow]