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Single Idea 15072

[catalogued under 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality]

Full Idea

At the bottom are tensed or temporal facts, subject to the vicissitudes of time and hence of the world. Then come the timeless though worldly facts, subject to the world but not to time. Top are transcendental facts, subject to neither world nor time.

Gist of Idea

Bottom level facts are subject to time and world, middle to world but not time, and top to neither

Source

Kit Fine (Necessity and Non-Existence [2005], 08)

Book Reference

Fine,Kit: 'Modality and Tense' [OUP 2005], p.341


A Reaction

For all of Fine's awesome grasp of logic and semantics, when he divides reality up as boldly as this I start to side a bit with the sceptics about modern metaphysics (like Ladyman and Ross). I daresay Fine acknowledges that it is 'speculative'.

Related Idea

Idea 15078 There are levels of existence, as well as reality; objects exist at the lowest level in which they can function [Fine,K]