Established Criteria of Existence


 

The "Eleatic" criterion / Causal Efficacy (of entities)


Temporal Location (of entities)

 

Spatial Location, Spatio-Termporal Location (of entities)

 

Observability (of entities)

 

Explanatory Indispensibility (of the assumption of existence)

 

Mind-Independence (of the existence of entities)

 

The Quinean Criterion.

 

* Causal Origin, Causal Integration of Entities.

 

 

 

 

 


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