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'After Finitude', 'Logical Atomism' and 'Quodlibeta'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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19659
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The absolute is the impossibility of there being a necessary existent [Meillassoux]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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19662
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It is necessarily contingent that there is one thing rather than another - so something must exist [Meillassoux]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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19654
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We must give up the modern criterion of existence, which is a correlation between thought and being [Meillassoux]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms
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10968
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Russell gave up logical atomism because of negative, general and belief propositions [Russell, by Read]
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6113
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To mean facts we assert them; to mean simples we name them [Russell]
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6114
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'Simples' are not experienced, but are inferred at the limits of analysis [Russell]
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Better to construct from what is known, than to infer what is unknown [Russell]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
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As propositions can be put in subject-predicate form, we wrongly infer that facts have substance-quality form [Russell]
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