Combining Philosophers

Ideas for New Scientist writers, Robert Owen and Colin McGinn

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

6070	Existence is a primary quality, non-existence a secondary quality [McGinn]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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Current physics says matter and antimatter should have reduced to light at the big bang [New Sci.]

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CP violation shows a decay imbalance in matter and antimatter, leading to matter's dominance [New Sci.]

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

6062	Existence can't be analysed as instantiating a property, as instantiation requires existence [McGinn]

6065	We can't analyse the sentence 'something exists' in terms of instantiated properties [McGinn]