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'Parmenides', 'Things qua Truthmakers' and 'Process Philosophy'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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Every proposition is entirely about being [Lewis]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming
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The one was and is and will be and was becoming and is becoming and will become [Plato]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being
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Plato's Parmenides has a three-part theory, of Primal One, a One-Many, and a One-and-Many [Plato, by Plotinus]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
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Process philosophy places the dynamic nature of being at the centre of our theories [Seibt]
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Reductionists identify processes by their 'owner', but tornadoes etc. are processes without owners [Seibt]
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Traditionally small things add up to processes, but quantum mechanics reverses this [Seibt]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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Absolute ideas, such as the Good and the Beautiful, cannot be known by us [Plato]
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