Single Idea 2401

[catalogued under 7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories]

Full Idea

Facts about the world are exhausted by physical facts, conscious experiences, laws of nature, a second-order that's-all fact, and perhaps an indexical fact about my location.

Gist of Idea

All facts are either physical, experiential, laws of nature, second-order final facts, or indexical facts about me

Source

David J.Chalmers (The Conscious Mind [1996], 1.2.5)

Book Reference

Chalmers,David J.: 'The Conscious Mind' [OUP 1997], p.87


A Reaction

A bold claim! I don't think laws of nature are a component of ontology. What would they be made of? Presumably the indexical fact drops out when I do. Personally I (unlike Chalmers) think experience is physical