Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, G.F. Stout and Yale Kamisar

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7 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
16062 A necessary relation between fact-levels seems to be a further irreducible fact [Lynch/Glasgow]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
16061 If some facts 'logically supervene' on some others, they just redescribe them, adding nothing [Lynch/Glasgow]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
16060 Nonreductive materialism says upper 'levels' depend on lower, but don't 'reduce' [Lynch/Glasgow]
16064 The hallmark of physicalism is that each causal power has a base causal power under it [Lynch/Glasgow]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes
8511 Stout first explicitly proposed that properties and relations are particulars [Stout,GF, by Campbell,K]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 2. Euthanasia
4051 People will volunteer for euthanasia because they think other people want them dead [Kamisar]
4050 We only allow voluntary euthanasia to someone who is both sane and crazed by pain [Kamisar]