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'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'The Trouble with Being Born' and 'From an Ontological Point of View'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being
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The word 'being' is very tempting, but in fact means nothing at all [Cioran]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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The reductionist programme dispenses with levels of reality [Heil]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
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There are levels of organisation, complexity, description and explanation, but not of reality [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Realism says some of our concepts 'cut nature at the joints' [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Anti-realists who reduce reality to language must explain the existence of language [Heil]
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People who really believe anti-realism don't bother to prove it [Cioran]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
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Concepts don't carve up the world, which has endless overlooked or ignored divisions [Heil]
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