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'From an Ontological Point of View', 'Unconscious Cerebral Initiative' and 'Ordinary Objects'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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Existence might require playing a role in explanation, or in a causal story, or being composed in some way [Thomasson]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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The reductionist programme dispenses with levels of reality [Heil]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
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There are levels of organisation, complexity, description and explanation, but not of reality [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Realism says some of our concepts 'cut nature at the joints' [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Anti-realists who reduce reality to language must explain the existence of language [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment
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Rival ontological claims can both be true, if there are analytic relationships between them [Thomasson]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
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Theories do not avoid commitment to entities by avoiding certain terms or concepts [Thomasson]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
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Concepts don't carve up the world, which has endless overlooked or ignored divisions [Heil]
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