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'Logical Properties', 'Proof that every set can be well-ordered' and 'Principles of Nature and Grace based on Reason'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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Existence is a primary quality, non-existence a secondary quality [McGinn]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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First: there must be reasons; Second: why anything at all?; Third: why this? [Leibniz]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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Existence can't be analysed as instantiating a property, as instantiation requires existence [McGinn]
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We can't analyse the sentence 'something exists' in terms of instantiated properties [McGinn]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
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A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees [Leibniz]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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If causal power is the test for reality, that will exclude necessities and possibilities [McGinn]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
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Facts are object-plus-extension, or property-plus-set-of-properties, or object-plus-property [McGinn]
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