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'Euthydemus', 'Metaphysics' and 'Why there isn't a ready-made world'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
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Some things exist as substances, others as properties of substances [Aristotle]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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There are four kinds of being: incidental, per se, potential and actual, and being as truth [Aristotle, by Wedin]
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Being is either what falls in the categories, or what makes propositions true [Aristotle, by Aquinas]
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There is only being in a certain way, and without that way there is no being [Aristotle]
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611
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Being, taken simply as being, is the domain of philosophy [Aristotle]
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Things are predicated of the basic thing, which isn't predicated of anything else [Aristotle]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being
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Primary being ('proté ousia') exists in virtue of itself, not in relation to other things [Aristotle, by Politis]
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The three main candidates for primary being are particular, universal and essence; essence is the answer [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Primary being is either universals, or the basis of predication, or essence [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Non-primary beings lack essence, or only have a derived essence [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Primary being is both the essence, and the subject of predication [Aristotle, by Politis]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
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If nothing exists except individuals, how can there be a science of infinity? [Aristotle]
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Being must be understood with reference to one primary sense - the being of substance [Aristotle, by Gill,ML]
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Nothing is added to a man's existence by saying he is 'one', or that 'he exists' [Aristotle]
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The primary subject seems to be substance, to the fullest extent [Aristotle]
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Existence requires thisness, as quantity or quality [Aristotle]
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Other types of being all depend on the being of substance [Aristotle]
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There is no being unless it is determinate and well-defined [Aristotle, by Politis]
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Aristotle discusses fundamental units of being, rather than existence questions [Aristotle, by Schaffer,J]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
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Nature is an active principle of change, like potentiality, but it is intrinsic to things [Aristotle]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
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An actuality is usually thought to be a process [Aristotle]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence
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Prior things can exist without posterior things, but not vice versa [Aristotle]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Metaphysical realism is committed to there being one ultimate true theory [Putnam]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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Knowledge of potential is universal and indefinite; of the actual it is definite and of individuals [Aristotle]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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It is an illusion to think there could be one good scientific theory of reality [Putnam]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
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Materialists cannot explain change [Aristotle, by Politis]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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The immediate divisions of that which is are genera, each with its science [Aristotle]
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