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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Psychophysical Nexus' and 'Persistence, Change and Explanation'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

4242	Pure supervenience explains nothing, and is a sign of something fundamental we don't know [Nagel]
	Full Idea: Pure, unexplained supervenience is never a solution to a problem but a sign that there is something fundamental we don't know.
	From: Thomas Nagel (The Psychophysical Nexus [2000], §III)
	A reaction: This seems right. It is not a theory or an explanation, merely the observation of a correlation which will require explanation. Why are they correlated?

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies

13925	Ontology disputes rest on more basic explanation disputes [Haslanger]
	Full Idea: Disputes over ontology derive from more fundamental disputes over forms of explanation.
	From: Sally Haslanger (Persistence, Change and Explanation [1989], 1)
	A reaction: It immediately strikes me that Haslanger has stolen my master idea, but unfortunately the dating suggests that she has priority. The tricky part is to combine this view with realism.