Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Vassilis Politis, Daniel Statman and Roderick Chisholm

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

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Events are states of affairs that occur at certain places and times [Chisholm]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 9. States of Affairs

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The mark of a state of affairs is that it is capable of being accepted [Chisholm]

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A state of affairs pertains to a thing if it implies that it has some property [Chisholm]

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I propose that events and propositions are two types of states of affairs [Chisholm]

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

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Chisholm divides things into contingent and necessary, and then individuals, states and non-states [Chisholm, by Westerhoff]