[MD] Quick one: causation

[Krimel]

>[Marsha]
>My meaning is that a thing does not inherently exist.  A thing exist
>based on convention.
>
>[Krimel]
>So what does "exist" or have inherent existence?

[Marsha]
No thing inherently exists.  No thing exists from its own 
side.  There is no thing-in-itself.  No thing has its own essence or 
nature, etc.

Entities exist by convention and are best represented as patterns, 
ever-changing, interrelated, mutually dependent static patterns of value,

[Krimel]
So for you, unless the cheese stands alone its existence is insignificant?