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Ideas for 'Consciousness', 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study' and 'Confessio naturae contra atheistas'

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6 ideas

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

6531	Institutions are not reducible as types, but they are as tokens [Lycan]

6532	Types cannot be reduced, but levels of reduction are varied groupings of the same tokens [Lycan]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality

6534	One location may contain molecules, a metal strip, a key, an opener of doors, and a human tragedy [Lycan]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

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Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo]

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We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori [Yablo]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories

6529	I see the 'role'/'occupant' distinction as fundamental to metaphysics [Lycan]