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'Individuals without Sortals', 'Letters to Foucher' and 'The Powers Metaphysics'
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
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Change exists, it is causal, and it needs an explanation [Williams,NE]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
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Processes don't begin or end; they just change direction unexpectedly [Williams,NE]
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Processes are either strings of short unchanging states, or continuous and unreducible events [Williams,NE]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events
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Events do not have natural boundaries, and we have to set them [Ayers]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
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The status quo is part of what exists, and so needs metaphysical explanation [Williams,NE]
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A metaphysic is a set of wider explanations derived from a basic ontology [Williams,NE]
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Humeans say properties are passive, possibility is vast, laws are descriptions, causation is weak [Williams,NE]
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We shouldn't posit the existence of anything we have a word for [Williams,NE]
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