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Single Idea 17688
[filed under theme 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
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Full Idea
Negative facts appear to be supervenient upon the positive facts, which suggests that they are nothing more than the positive facts.
Gist of Idea
Negative facts are supervenient on positive facts, suggesting they are positive facts
Source
David M. Armstrong (What is a Law of Nature? [1983], 10.3)
Book Ref
Armstrong,D.M.: 'What is a Law of Nature?' [CUP 1985], p.144
The
12 ideas
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[possible different types of fact]:
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21673
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There are simple and complex facts; the latter depend on further facts
[Chrysippus, by Cicero]
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18376
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Russell asserts atomic, existential, negative and general facts
[Russell, by Armstrong]
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18737
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There are no positive or negative facts; these are just the forms of propositions
[Wittgenstein]
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15201
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That Queen Anne is dead is a 'general fact', not a fact about Queen Anne
[Prior,AN]
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17688
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Negative facts are supervenient on positive facts, suggesting they are positive facts
[Armstrong]
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8163
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Since 'no bird here' and 'no squirrel here' seem the same, we must talk of 'atomic' facts
[Dummett]
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6075
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Facts are object-plus-extension, or property-plus-set-of-properties, or object-plus-property
[McGinn]
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19322
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Why can there not be disjunctive, conditional and negative facts?
[Kirkham]
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15071
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Tensed and tenseless sentences state two sorts of fact, which belong to two different 'realms' of reality
[Fine,K]
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10367
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There is only one fact - the True
[Schaffer,J]
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15338
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We may believe in atomic facts, but surely not complex disjunctive ones?
[Horsten]
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17293
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Worldly facts are obtaining states of affairs, with constituents; conceptual facts also depend on concepts
[Audi,P]
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