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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming
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The dialectical opposition of being and nothing is resolved in passing to the concept of becoming [Hegel, by Scruton]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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Hegel gives an ontological proof of the existence of everything [Hegel, by Scruton]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
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Change exists, it is causal, and it needs an explanation [Williams,NE]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
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Processes don't begin or end; they just change direction unexpectedly [Williams,NE]
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Processes are either strings of short unchanging states, or continuous and unreducible events [Williams,NE]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
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The status quo is part of what exists, and so needs metaphysical explanation [Williams,NE]
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A metaphysic is a set of wider explanations derived from a basic ontology [Williams,NE]
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Humeans say properties are passive, possibility is vast, laws are descriptions, causation is weak [Williams,NE]
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We shouldn't posit the existence of anything we have a word for [Williams,NE]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism
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For Hegel, categories shift their form in the course of history [Hegel, by Houlgate]
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Our concepts and categories disclose the world, because we are part of the world [Hegel, by Houlgate]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
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Hegel said Kant's fixed categories actually vary with culture and era [Hegel, by Houlgate]
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