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All the ideas for 'works', 'Anthropological Studies of Classification' and 'Grounding: an opinionated introduction'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Using modal logic, philosophers tried to handle all metaphysics in modal terms [Correia/Schnieder]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

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Why do rationalists accept Sufficient Reason, when it denies the existence of fundamental facts? [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / a. Nature of grounding

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Is existential dependence by grounding, or do grounding claims arise from existential dependence? [Correia/Schnieder]

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

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Grounding is metaphysical and explanation epistemic, so keep them apart [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts

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The identity of two facts may depend on how 'fine-grained' we think facts are [Correia/Schnieder]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories

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Monothetic categories have fixed defining features, and polythetic categories do not [Ellen]

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In symbolic classification, the categories are linked to rules [Ellen]

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

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Continuous experience sometimes needs imposition of boundaries to create categories [Ellen]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 4. Cultural relativism

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Classification is no longer held to be rooted in social institutions [Ellen]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

7667	There are two sides to men - the pleasantly social, and the violent and creative [Diderot, by Berlin]