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All the ideas for 'Syntagma', 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Grounding: an opinionated introduction'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8658	For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently [Shakespeare]

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]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes

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If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

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Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi]

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How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi]