Full Idea
If electrons and gravitational fields have definite natures, why not reality itself? And if reality has a nature, if this makes sense, then reality grounds the deepest necessities of all.
Gist of Idea
If basic physics has natures, then why not reality itself? That would then found the deepest necessities
Source
John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 08.09)
Book Reference
Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.177
A Reaction
Nice speculation! Scientists and verificationists seem to cry 'foul!' when philosophers offer such wild speculations, but I say that's exactly what we pay them do. I'm not sure whether I understand reality having its own nature, though!