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Ideas for '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]

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

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]