Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 301
Absolutely independent/independence/Simons: an object is independent, if it is not generically dependent.
God/Simons: problem: is god independent of its own thoughts? In any case, he must be a monad, because the real parts of an object are separated from him. The extreme strength of the concept of absolute independence limits its usefulness.
>Dependence, >Ontological dependence, >God.
I 302
E.g. weak independent: a continuant may still be dependent on a process in its interior. The process must be separated from the continuant (because of the category difference). E.g. (s) a body that is not identical with its metabolism (or unity of all its processes or life story).
>Continuants, >Process.
Process and object can never be identical.
Event/continuant: event and continuant are categorically different, and can therefore have no common part.
>Events.
I 325
Independence/nature/world/reality/Simons: there are things in nature that do not interact: e.g. separate point events.
SimonsVsSchlick/SchlickVsSum: if the sum should not have internal relations, there are no sums in nature.
SimonsVsSchlick: yes (Popper pro Schlick). Therefore, difference in shape (with internal relations) is meaningless (PopperVsShape Theory).
>Reality, >World, >Forms, >Nature.