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'Logical Properties', 'Mere Possibilities' and 'A Powerful Particulars View of Causation'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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Some say what exists must do so, and nothing else could possible exist [Stalnaker]
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A nominalist view says existence is having spatio-temporal location [Stalnaker]
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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 / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
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Basic processes are said to be either physical, or organic, or psychological [Ingthorsson]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Indirect realists are cautious about the manifest image, and prefer the scientific image [Ingthorsson]
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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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