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Ideas for 'reports', 'On the Freedom of the Will' and 'Ontological Dependence'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence
Dependency is the real counterpart of one term defining another [Fine,K]
There is 'weak' dependence in one definition, and 'strong' dependence in all the definitions [Fine,K]
A natural modal account of dependence says x depends on y if y must exist when x does [Fine,K]
An object depends on another if the second cannot be eliminated from the first's definition [Fine,K]