Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Mark Sainsbury, David Wiggins and Fraser MacBride

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

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What exists can't depend on our conceptual scheme, and using all conceptual schemes is too liberal [Sider on Wiggins]

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Maybe it only exists if it is a truthmaker (rather than the value of a variable)? [MacBride]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

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Different types of 'grounding' seem to have no more than a family resemblance relation [MacBride]

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Which has priority - 'grounding' or 'truth-making'? [MacBride]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms

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Russell allows some complex facts, but Wittgenstein only allows atomic facts [MacBride]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Realist Conceptualists accept that our interests affect our concepts [Wiggins]

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Conceptualism says we must use our individuating concepts to grasp reality [Wiggins]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality

8983	If 'red' is vague, then membership of the set of red things is vague, so there is no set of red things [Sainsbury]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation

8986	We should abandon classifying by pigeon-holes, and classify around paradigms [Sainsbury]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories

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Animal classifications: the Emperor's, fabulous, innumerable, like flies, stray dogs, embalmed…. [Wiggins]