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Ideas for 'Writing the Book of the World', 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter' and 'Grounding Concepts'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation

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We can learn about the world by studying the grounding of our concepts [Jenkins]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence

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There's essential, modal, explanatory, conceptual, metaphysical and constitutive dependence [Jenkins, by PG]

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 / 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]

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]

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]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism

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The concepts we have to use for categorising are ones which map the real world well [Jenkins]