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Ideas for 'Noneism or Allism?', 'There Are No Abstract Objects' and 'Letter to Herodotus'

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

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Nothing comes to be from what doesn't exist [Epicurus]

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If disappearing things went to nothingness, nothing could return, and it would all be gone by now [Epicurus]

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'Allists' embrace the existence of all controversial entities; 'noneists' reject all but the obvious ones [Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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We can't accept a use of 'existence' that says only some of the things there are actually exist [Lewis]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

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The totality is complete, so there is no room for it to change, and nothing extraneous to change it [Epicurus]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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Astronomical movements are blessed, but they don't need the help of the gods [Epicurus]