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'Material Constitution', 'Thought and Reality' and 'Supervenience'
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
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Supervenience: No A-difference without a B-difference [Bennett,K]
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Supervenience is non-symmetric - sometimes it's symmetric, and sometimes it's one-way [Bennett,K]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / b. Types of supervenience
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Weak supervenience is in one world, strong supervenience in all possible worlds [Bennett,K]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience
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Aesthetics, morality and mind supervene on the physical? Modal on non-modal? General on particular? [Bennett,K]
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Some entailments do not involve supervenience, as when brotherhood entails siblinghood [Bennett,K]
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Reduction requires supervenience, but does supervenience suffice for reduction? [Bennett,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Philosophers should not presume reality, but only invoke it when language requires it [Dummett]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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We can't make sense of a world not apprehended by a mind [Dummett]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism
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Definitions of physicalism are compatible with a necessary God [Bennett,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
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Since 'no bird here' and 'no squirrel here' seem the same, we must talk of 'atomic' facts [Dummett]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths
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We know we can state facts, with true statements [Dummett]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
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'That is red or orange' might be considered true, even though 'that is red' and 'that is orange' were not [Dummett]
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