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Ideas for 'Three Dialogues of Hylas and Philonous', 'Intellectual Autobiography' and 'Ontology and the Ambitions of Metaphysics'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

3942	I do not believe in the existence of anything, if I see no reason to believe it [Berkeley]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

3952	I know that nothing inconsistent can exist [Berkeley]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

21664

Supervenience offers little explanation for things which necessarily go together [Hofweber]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

18900

Unfortunately for realists, modern logic cannot say that some fact exists [Sommers]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

21660

Reality can be seen as the totality of facts, or as the totality of things [Hofweber]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

21661

There are probably ineffable facts, systematically hidden from us [Hofweber]