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Ideas for 'Writing the Book of the World', '06: Book of Joshua' and 'Ways of Worldmaking'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence
17656 Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
15017 Supervenience is a modal connection [Sider]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience
17661 We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / b. Types of fundamental
15008 Is fundamentality in whole propositions (and holistic), or in concepts (and atomic)? [Sider]
15013 Tables and chairs have fundamental existence, but not fundamental natures [Sider]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
15014 Unlike things, stuff obeys unrestricted composition and mereological essentialism [Sider]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
17659 Reality is largely a matter of habit [Goodman]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
17657 We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit [Goodman]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 9. States of Affairs
15009 We must distinguish 'concrete' from 'abstract' and necessary states of affairs. [Sider]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
14983 Accept the ontology of your best theory - and also that it carves nature at the joints [Sider]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
17654 A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it [Goodman]