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'On What Grounds What', 'The Metaphysics within Physics' and 'Writing the Book of the World'
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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 a modal connection [Sider]
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Supervenience is just modal correlation [Schaffer,J]
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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]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / b. Types of fundamental
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Is fundamentality in whole propositions (and holistic), or in concepts (and atomic)? [Sider]
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Tables and chairs have fundamental existence, but not fundamental natures [Sider]
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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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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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Unlike things, stuff obeys unrestricted composition and mereological essentialism [Sider]
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