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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 / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / g. Degrees of vagueness
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Stoics applied bivalence to sorites situations, so everyone is either vicious or wholly virtuous [Stoic school, by Williamson]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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Stoics have four primary categories: substrates, qualities, dispositions, relative dispositions [Stoic school, by Simplicius]
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