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'On What Grounds What', 'Logical Atomism' and 'Nonexistent Objects'
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding
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Grounding is unanalysable and primitive, and is the basic structuring concept in metaphysics [Schaffer,J]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
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Supervenience is just modal correlation [Schaffer,J]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms
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Russell gave up logical atomism because of negative, general and belief propositions [Russell, by Read]
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To mean facts we assert them; to mean simples we name them [Russell]
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'Simples' are not experienced, but are inferred at the limits of analysis [Russell]
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Better to construct from what is known, than to infer what is unknown [Russell]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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The cosmos is the only fundamental entity, from which all else exists by abstraction [Schaffer,J]
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