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'From an Ontological Point of View', 'Philosophical Naturalism' and 'Objects and Persons'
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events
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Prolonged events don't seem to endure or exist at any particular time [Merricks]
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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 / 5. Naturalism
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Externalism may be the key idea in philosophical naturalism [Papineau]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality
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A crumbling statue can't become vague, because vagueness is incoherent [Merricks]
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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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