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Ideas for 'Perception', 'On 'The Beginning of Philosophy'' and 'Lectures 1930-32 (student notes)'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

6504	For physicalists, the only relations are spatial, temporal and causal [Robinson,H]
	Full Idea: Spatial, temporal and causal relations are the only respectable candidates for relations for a physicalist.
	From: Howard Robinson (Perception [1994], V.4)
	A reaction: This seems to be true, and is an absolutely crucial principle upon which any respectable physicalist account of the world must be built. It means that physicalists must attempt to explain all mental events in causal terms.

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

18737	There are no positive or negative facts; these are just the forms of propositions [Wittgenstein]
	Full Idea: There are no positive or negative facts. 'Positive' and 'negative' refer to the form of propositions, and not to the facts which verify or falsify them.
	From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Lectures 1930-32 (student notes) [1931], C XIII)
	A reaction: Personally I think if we are going to allow the world to be full of 'facts', then there are negative, conjunctive, disjunctive and hypothetical facts.