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Ideas for 'The Philosophy of Philosophy', 'Mind in a Physical World' and 'Value Theory'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

2317	Reductionism is good on light, genes, temperature and transparency [Kim, by PG]

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

2310	Supervenience is linked to dependence [Kim]

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To avoid misunderstandings supervenience is often expressed negatively: no A-change without B-change [Orsi]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / b. Types of supervenience

2315	Mereological supervenience says wholes are fixed by parts [Kim]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

2329	Causal power is a good way of distinguishing the real from the unreal [Kim]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

9601	The realist/anti-realist debate is notoriously obscure and fruitless [Williamson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality

9599	There cannot be vague objects, so there may be no such thing as a mountain [Williamson]