Combining Philosophers

Ideas for William Lycan, Brian Ellis and Iamblichus

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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

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Objects and substances are a subcategory of the natural kinds of processes [Ellis]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

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A physical event is any change of distribution of energy [Ellis]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

6531	Institutions are not reducible as types, but they are as tokens [Lycan]

6532	Types cannot be reduced, but levels of reduction are varied groupings of the same tokens [Lycan]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality

6534	One location may contain molecules, a metal strip, a key, an opener of doors, and a human tragedy [Lycan]

5500	Biologists see many organic levels, 'abstract' if seen from below, 'structural' if seen from above [Lycan]

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

6529	I see the 'role'/'occupant' distinction as fundamental to metaphysics [Lycan]