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'Metaphysics', 'Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake?' and 'Truthmakers, Realism and Ontology'
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Realism says a discourse is true or false, and some of it is true [Cameron]
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Realism says truths rest on mind-independent reality; truthmaking theories are about which features [Cameron]
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For realists it is analytic that truths are grounded in the world [Cameron]
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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 / 6. Physicalism
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Materialists cannot explain change [Aristotle, by Politis]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism
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For me, fictions are internally true, without a significant internal or external truth-value [Yablo]
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Make-believe can help us to reason about facts and scientific procedures [Yablo]
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'The clouds are angry' can only mean '...if one were attributing emotions to clouds' [Yablo]
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