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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

6070	Existence is a primary quality, non-existence a secondary quality [McGinn]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

6062	Existence can't be analysed as instantiating a property, as instantiation requires existence [McGinn]

6065	We can't analyse the sentence 'something exists' in terms of instantiated properties [McGinn]

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

17656

Being primitive or prior always depends on a constructional system [Goodman]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / d. Humean supervenience

17661

We don't recognise patterns - we invent them [Goodman]

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

17659

Reality is largely a matter of habit [Goodman]

6082	If causal power is the test for reality, that will exclude necessities and possibilities [McGinn]

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

17657

We build our world, and ignore anything that won't fit [Goodman]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

6075	Facts are object-plus-extension, or property-plus-set-of-properties, or object-plus-property [McGinn]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

17654

A world can be full of variety or not, depending on how we sort it [Goodman]