Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Peter Watson, Mnesarchus and Jody Azzouni

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

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If fictional objects really don't exist, then they aren't abstract objects [Azzouni]

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

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Modern metaphysics often derives ontology from the logical forms of sentences [Azzouni]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / b. Commitment of quantifiers

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If objectual quantifiers ontologically commit, so does the metalanguage for its semantics [Azzouni]

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

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In the vernacular there is no unequivocal ontological commitment [Azzouni]

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We only get ontology from semantics if we have already smuggled it in [Azzouni]