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'Parmenides', 'Events as property exemplifications' and 'Ontology'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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To grasp being, we must say why something exists, and why there is one world [Jacquette]
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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 / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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Being is maximal consistency [Jacquette]
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Existence is completeness and consistency [Jacquette]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
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How fine-grained Kim's events are depends on how finely properties are individuated [Kim, by Schaffer,J]
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If events are ordered triples of items, such things seem to be sets, and hence abstract [Simons on Kim]
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Events cannot be merely ordered triples, but must specify the link between the elements [Kim, by Simons]
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Events are composed of an object with an attribute at a time [Kim, by Simons]
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Since properties like self-identity and being 2+2=4 are timeless, Kim must restrict his properties [Simons on Kim]
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Kim's theory results in too many events [Simons on Kim]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
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Ontology is the same as the conceptual foundations of logic [Jacquette]
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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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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment
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Ontology must include the minimum requirements for our semantics [Jacquette]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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Logic is based either on separate objects and properties, or objects as combinations of properties [Jacquette]
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Reduce states-of-affairs to object-property combinations, and possible worlds to states-of-affairs [Jacquette]
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