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'Logical Properties', 'Logic (Encyclopedia I)' and 'Reason, Truth and History'
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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 / 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 / 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 / 4. Anti-realism
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If we try to cure the abundance of theories with causal links, this is 'just more theory' [Putnam, by Lewis]
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The sentence 'A cat is on a mat' remains always true when 'cat' means cherry and 'mat' means tree [Putnam]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
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A fact is simply what it is rational to accept [Putnam]
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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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7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
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Even simple propositions about sensations are filled with categories [Hegel]
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Thought about particulars is done entirely through categories [Hegel]
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