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'Perception', 'Mind in a Physical World' and 'Trees, Terms and Truth'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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Existence and nonexistence are characteristics of the world, not of objects [Engelbretsen]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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Reductionism is good on light, genes, temperature and transparency [Kim, by PG]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
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Supervenience is linked to dependence [Kim]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / b. Types of supervenience
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Mereological supervenience says wholes are fixed by parts [Kim]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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Causal power is a good way of distinguishing the real from the unreal [Kim]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
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For physicalists, the only relations are spatial, temporal and causal [Robinson,H]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
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18916
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Facts are not in the world - they are properties of the world [Engelbretsen]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism
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Individuals are arranged in inclusion categories that match our semantics [Engelbretsen]
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