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Ideas for 'Logical Properties', 'Truth-makers and dependence' and 'Killing and Letting Die'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

6070	Existence is a primary quality, non-existence a secondary quality [McGinn]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

17320

Either p is true or not-p is true, so something is true, so something exists [Liggins]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

6062	Existence can't be analysed as instantiating a property, as instantiation requires existence [McGinn]

6065	We can't analyse the sentence 'something exists' in terms of instantiated properties [McGinn]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / b. Relata of grounding

17326

The dependence of {Socrates} on Socrates involves a set and a philosopher, not facts [Liggins]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence

17327

Non-causal dependence is at present only dimly understood [Liggins]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

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Necessities supervene on everything, but don't depend on everything [Liggins]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

6082	If causal power is the test for reality, that will exclude necessities and possibilities [McGinn]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

6075	Facts are object-plus-extension, or property-plus-set-of-properties, or object-plus-property [McGinn]