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'Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity', 'The Limits of Abstraction' and 'On the Plurality of Worlds'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
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There are only two kinds: sets, and possibilia (actual and possible particulars) [Lewis, by Oliver]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 4. Abstract Existence
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Abstracts cannot be identified with sets [Fine,K]
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Points in Euclidean space are abstract objects, but not introduced by abstraction [Fine,K]
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Postulationism says avoid abstract objects by giving procedures that produce truth [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
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Supervenience concerns whether things could differ, so it is a modal notion [Lewis]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism
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Abstractions may well be verbal fictions, in which we ignore some features of an object [Lewis]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
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Vagueness is semantic indecision: we haven't settled quite what our words are meant to express [Lewis]
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Whether or not France is hexagonal depends on your standards of precision [Lewis]
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