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'Writing the Book of the World', 'Introduction to Philosophical Papers II' and 'Metaphysical Dependence'
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding
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Things could be true 'in virtue of' others as relations between truths, or between truths and items [Rosen]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience
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Supervenience is a modal connection [Sider]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience
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Humean supervenience says the world is just a vast mosaic of qualities in space-time [Lewis]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / b. Types of fundamental
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Is fundamentality in whole propositions (and holistic), or in concepts (and atomic)? [Sider]
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Tables and chairs have fundamental existence, but not fundamental natures [Sider]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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Unlike things, stuff obeys unrestricted composition and mereological essentialism [Sider]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
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Facts are structures of worldly items, rather like sentences, individuated by their ingredients [Rosen]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 9. States of Affairs
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We must distinguish 'concrete' from 'abstract' and necessary states of affairs. [Sider]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
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Accept the ontology of your best theory - and also that it carves nature at the joints [Sider]
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