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'Ways of Worldmaking', 'A Survey of Metaphysics' and 'Against Dryness: a polemical sketch'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 4. Abstract Existence
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Nominalists deny abstract objects, because we can have no reason to believe in their existence [Lowe]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
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Change can be of composition (the component parts), or quality (properties), or substance [Lowe]
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Four theories of qualitative change are 'a is F now', or 'a is F-at-t', or 'a-at-t is F', or 'a is-at-t F' [Lowe, by PG]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events
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Numerically distinct events of the same kind (like two battles) can coincide in space and time [Lowe]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive
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Maybe modern physics requires an event-ontology, rather than a thing-ontology [Lowe]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
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Events are changes in the properties of or relations between things [Lowe]
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Maybe an event is the exemplification of a property at a time [Lowe]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence
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Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience
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We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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Reality is largely a matter of habit [Goodman]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit [Goodman]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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The main categories of existence are either universal and particular, or abstract and concrete [Lowe]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
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A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it [Goodman]
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