 The doctrines of priority monism, pluralism, and nihilism—indeed the very idea that “basic concrete token” is a legitimate unit of counting—presuppose a notion of basicness. This notion of basicness may be understood with reference to the classical hierarchical view of reality. The basic forms the sparse structure of being, while the derivative forms the abundant superstructure. The basic is fundamental. It is the ground of all else. It is (as it were) all God would need to create, while the derivative is a mere byproduct. The derivative is dependent on, grounded in, and existent in virtue of the basic.