Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, John Haldane and Stewart Shapiro

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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 / a. Abstract/concrete

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The abstract/concrete boundary now seems blurred, and would need a defence [Shapiro]

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Mathematicians regard arithmetic as concrete, and group theory as abstract [Shapiro]