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Ideas for 'The Social Contract (tr Cress)', 'The Metaontology of Abstraction' and 'The Metaphysics within Physics'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience

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The Humean view is wrong; laws and direction of time are primitive, and atoms are decided by physics [Maudlin]

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Lewis says it supervenes on the Mosaic, but actually thinks the Mosaic is all there is [Maudlin]

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If the Humean Mosaic is ontological bedrock, there can be no explanation of its structure [Maudlin]

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The 'spinning disc' is just impossible, because there cannot be 'homogeneous matter' [Maudlin]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment

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The identity of Pegasus with Pegasus may be true, despite the non-existence [Hale/Wright]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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To get an ontology from ontological commitment, just add that some theory is actually true [Maudlin]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

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Naïve translation from natural to formal language can hide or multiply the ontology [Maudlin]