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'The Fixation of Belief', 'After Finitude' and 'Philosophy of Science'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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The absolute is the impossibility of there being a necessary existent [Meillassoux]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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It is necessarily contingent that there is one thing rather than another - so something must exist [Meillassoux]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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We must give up the modern criterion of existence, which is a correlation between thought and being [Meillassoux]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Realism is basic to the scientific method [Peirce]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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If someone doubted reality, they would not actually feel dissatisfaction [Peirce]
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Anti-realism is more plausible about laws than about entities and theories [Bird]
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