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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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A nominalist view says existence is having spatio-temporal location [Stalnaker]
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Some say what exists must do so, and nothing else could possible exist [Stalnaker]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality
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Evans argues (falsely!) that a contradiction follows from treating objects as vague [Evans, by Lowe]
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Is it coherent that reality is vague, identities can be vague, and objects can have fuzzy boundaries? [Evans]
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There clearly are vague identity statements, and Evans's argument has a false conclusion [Evans, by Lewis]
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Evans assumes there can be vague identity statements, and that his proof cannot be right [Evans, by Lewis]
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