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'Metaphysics', 'A Structural Account of Mathematics' and 'The Philosophy of Philosophy'
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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Knowledge of potential is universal and indefinite; of the actual it is definite and of individuals [Aristotle]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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The realist/anti-realist debate is notoriously obscure and fruitless [Williamson]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
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Materialists cannot explain change [Aristotle, by Politis]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality
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There cannot be vague objects, so there may be no such thing as a mountain [Williamson]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
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If a successful theory confirms mathematics, presumably a failed theory disconfirms it? [Chihara]
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No scientific explanation would collapse if mathematical objects were shown not to exist [Chihara]
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