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Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Hillel the Elder and Rudolph Carnap

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies

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Existence questions are 'internal' (within a framework) or 'external' (concerning the whole framework) [Carnap]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

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To be 'real' is to be an element of a system, so we cannot ask reality questions about the system itself [Carnap]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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Nonreductive materialism says upper 'levels' depend on lower, but don't 'reduce' [Lynch/Glasgow]

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The hallmark of physicalism is that each causal power has a base causal power under it [Lynch/Glasgow]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment

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A linguistic framework involves commitment to entities, so only commitment to the framework is in question [Carnap]