Single Idea 12216

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence]

Full Idea

The real objects are the objects of reality, those that figure in the facts by which reality is constituted.

Gist of Idea

Real objects are those which figure in the facts that constitute reality

Source

Kit Fine (The Question of Ontology [2009], p.172)

Book Reference

'Metametaphysics', ed/tr. Chalmers/Manley/Wasserman [OUP 2009], p.172


A Reaction

And these need to be facts over and above the basic facts. Thus, does the 'equator' constitute reality, over and above the Earth being a rotating sphere? Does 'six' constitute reality, over and above all the possible groups of six objects?