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All the ideas for 'Grounding, Transitivity and Contrastivity', 'De ente praedicamentali' and 'Letters to Schlick'

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8 ideas

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

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If ground is transitive and irreflexive, it has a strict partial ordering, giving structure [Schaffer,J]

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As causation links across time, grounding links the world across levels [Schaffer,J]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

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In order to speak about time and successive entities, the 'present' must be enlarged [Wycliff]

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To be successive a thing needs parts, which must therefore be lodged outside that instant [Wycliff]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / b. Contrastive explanations

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Explaining 'Adam ate the apple' depends on emphasis, and thus implies a contrast [Schaffer,J]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / a. Translation

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All translation loses some content (but language does not create reality) [Carnap]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

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I take what is fundamental to be the whole spatiotemporal manifold and its fields [Schaffer,J]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Nowadays causation is usually understood in terms of equations and variable ranges [Schaffer,J]