Combining Philosophers
Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, George Boolos and Stephen S. Colvin
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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We can only distinguish self from non-self if there is an inflexible external reality [Colvin]
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Common-sense realism rests on our interests and practical life [Colvin]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Arguments that objects are unknowable or non-existent assume the knower's existence [Colvin]
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If objects are doubted because their appearances change, that presupposes one object [Colvin]
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The idea that everything is relations is contradictory; relations are part of the concept of things [Colvin]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment
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The identity of Pegasus with Pegasus may be true, despite the non-existence [Hale/Wright]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / b. Commitment of quantifiers
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First- and second-order quantifiers are two ways of referring to the same things [Boolos]
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