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'After Finitude', 'Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis' and 'Intro to 'Modality and Tense''
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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
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
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 / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
9210
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Possible objects are abstract; actual concrete objects are possible; so abstract/concrete are compatible [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
9211
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A non-standard realism, with no privileged standpoint, might challenge its absoluteness or coherence [Fine,K]
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