Combining Philosophers

Ideas for George Boolos, Carrie Jenkins and Jonathan Kvanvig

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 1. Grounding / c. Grounding and explanation

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We can learn about the world by studying the grounding of our concepts [Jenkins]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 4. Ontological Dependence

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There's essential, modal, explanatory, conceptual, metaphysical and constitutive dependence [Jenkins, by PG]

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]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism

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The concepts we have to use for categorising are ones which map the real world well [Jenkins]