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Ideas for '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]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / a. Nature of supervenience

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Supervenience is a modal connection [Sider]

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]

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]

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]