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Ideas for 'Ways of Worldmaking', 'Philosophy of Mind (Encylopedia III)' and 'Relations'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence

17656	Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman]
	Full Idea: Nothing is primitive or derivationally prior to anything apart from a constructional system.
	From: Nelson Goodman (Ways of Worldmaking [1978], 1.4c)
	A reaction: Something may be primitive not just because we can't be bothered to analyse it any further, but because even God couldn't analyse it. Maybe.

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience

17661	We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman]
	Full Idea: Recognising patterns is very much a matter of inventing or imposing them.
	From: Nelson Goodman (Ways of Worldmaking [1978], 1.7)
	A reaction: I take this to be false.