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Single Idea 12879
[filed under theme 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence
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Full Idea
An object a is ontologically independent of b if a can exist without b, if there is a possible world in which in which a exists and b does not. In the strongest sense, an object is independent if it could be all there is.
Gist of Idea
Independent objects can exist apart, and maybe even entirely alone
Source
Peter Simons (Parts [1987], 8.4)
Book Ref
Simons,Peter: 'Parts: a Study in Ontology' [OUP 1987], p.301
A Reaction
Simons calls the strongest version a 'startling' one which maybe not even God could achieve.
The
17 ideas
with the same theme
[things that rely on other things for their existence]:
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1699
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A thing is prior to another if it implies its existence
[Aristotle]
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18366
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Of interdependent things, the prior one causes the other's existence
[Aristotle]
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24057
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What is prior is always potentially present in what is next in order
[Aristotle]
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11154
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Prior things can exist without posterior things, but not vice versa
[Aristotle]
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17443
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Many of us find Frege's claim that truths depend on one another an obscure idea
[Heck on Frege]
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17445
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Parallelism is intuitive, so it is more fundamental than sameness of direction
[Frege, by Heck]
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17656
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Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system
[Goodman]
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11919
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Ontological dependence rests on essential connection, not necessary connection
[Molnar]
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11151
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An object is dependent if its essence prevents it from existing without some other object
[Fine,K]
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14251
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A natural modal account of dependence says x depends on y if y must exist when x does
[Fine,K]
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14257
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An object depends on another if the second cannot be eliminated from the first's definition
[Fine,K]
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14254
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Dependency is the real counterpart of one term defining another
[Fine,K]
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14261
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There is 'weak' dependence in one definition, and 'strong' dependence in all the definitions
[Fine,K]
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12879
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Independent objects can exist apart, and maybe even entirely alone
[Simons]
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14091
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There may be a one-way direction of dependence among sets, and among natural numbers
[Linnebo]
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17327
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Non-causal dependence is at present only dimly understood
[Liggins]
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17720
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There's essential, modal, explanatory, conceptual, metaphysical and constitutive dependence
[Jenkins, by PG]
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