Combining Philosophers

Ideas for William James, Arnauld / Nicole and John Heil

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
18539 Our categories lack the neat arrangement needed for reduction [Heil]
7017 The reductionist programme dispenses with levels of reality [Heil]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
4616 A higher level is 'supervenient' if it is determined by lower levels, but has its own natural laws [Heil]
7003 There are levels of organisation, complexity, description and explanation, but not of reality [Heil]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / b. Levels of abstraction
10502 We can rise by degrees through abstraction, with higher levels representing more things [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
7045 Realism says some of our concepts 'cut nature at the joints' [Heil]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
7065 Anti-realists who reduce reality to language must explain the existence of language [Heil]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths
22641 Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
18505 Fundamental ontology aims at the preconditions for any true theory [Heil]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
18499 Our quantifications only reveal the truths we accept; the ontology and truthmakers are another matter [Heil]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation
22649 Classification can only ever be for a particular purpose [James]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism
18512 Ontology aims to give the fundamental categories of being [Heil]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
7020 Concepts don't carve up the world, which has endless overlooked or ignored divisions [Heil]