Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Paul Audi, Harr,R./Madden,E.H. and William James
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20 ideas
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
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Humeans can only explain change with continuity as successive replacement [Harré/Madden]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive
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15268
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Humeans construct their objects from events, but we construct events from objects [Harré/Madden]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
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15257
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The induction problem fades if you work with things, rather than with events [Harré/Madden]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding
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17292
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Avoid 'in virtue of' for grounding, since it might imply a reflexive relation such as identity [Audi,P]
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Ground relations depend on the properties [Audi,P]
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A ball's being spherical non-causally determines its power to roll [Audi,P]
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Ground is irreflexive, asymmetric, transitive, non-monotonic etc. [Audi,P]
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The best critique of grounding says it is actually either identity or elimination [Audi,P]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / b. Relata of grounding
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Grounding is a singular relation between worldly facts [Audi,P]
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If grounding relates facts, properties must be included, as well as objects [Audi,P]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation
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17296
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We must accept grounding, for our important explanations [Audi,P]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / d. Grounding and reduction
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Reduction is just identity, so the two things are the same fact, so reduction isn't grounding [Audi,P]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / a. Fundamental reality
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Fundamental particulars can't change [Harré/Madden]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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15319
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Hard individual blocks don't fix what 'things' are; fluids are no less material things [Harré/Madden]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / b. Mixtures
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15320
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Magnetic and gravity fields can occupy the same place without merging [Harré/Madden]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
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Gravitational and electrical fields are, for a materialist, distressingly empty of material [Harré/Madden]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
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Worldly facts are obtaining states of affairs, with constituents; conceptual facts also depend on concepts [Audi,P]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths
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Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 9. States of Affairs
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Events are changes in states of affairs (which consist of structured particulars, with powers and relations) [Harré/Madden]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation
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Classification can only ever be for a particular purpose [James]
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