Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Reiss,J/Spreger,J, Michael Jubien and William Lycan
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
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To exist necessarily is to have an essence whose own essence must be instantiated [Jubien]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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Institutions are not reducible as types, but they are as tokens [Lycan]
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Types cannot be reduced, but levels of reduction are varied groupings of the same tokens [Lycan]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
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6534
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One location may contain molecules, a metal strip, a key, an opener of doors, and a human tragedy [Lycan]
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Biologists see many organic levels, 'abstract' if seen from below, 'structural' if seen from above [Lycan]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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If objects are just conventional, there is no ontological distinction between stuff and things [Jubien]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
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13403
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The category of Venus is not 'object', or even 'planet', but a particular class of good-sized object [Jubien]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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I see the 'role'/'occupant' distinction as fundamental to metaphysics [Lycan]
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