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Ideas for 'From an Ontological Point of View', 'The Nature of Existence vol.2' and 'Justice as fairness: Political not Metaphysical'

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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

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How could change consist of a conjunction of changeless facts? [McTaggart, by Le Poidevin]

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Change is not just having two different qualities at different points in some series [McTaggart]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

7017	The reductionist programme dispenses with levels of reality [Heil]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality

7003	There are levels of organisation, complexity, description and explanation, but not of reality [Heil]

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

7045	Realism says some of our concepts 'cut nature at the joints' [Heil]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

7065	Anti-realists who reduce reality to language must explain the existence of language [Heil]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

7020	Concepts don't carve up the world, which has endless overlooked or ignored divisions [Heil]