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Ideas for 'Plural Quantification', 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 4: Conception' and 'The Limits of Contingency'

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

10643	We speak of a theory's 'ideological commitments' as well as its 'ontological commitments' [Linnebo]
	Full Idea: Some philosophers speak about a theory's 'ideological commitments' and not just about its 'ontological commitments'.
	From: Øystein Linnebo (Plural Quantification [2008], 5.4)
	A reaction: This is a third strategy for possibly evading one's ontological duty, along with fiddling with the words 'exist' or 'object'. An ideological commitment to something to which one is not actually ontologically committed conjures up stupidity and dogma.

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

10637	Ordinary speakers posit objects without concern for ontology [Linnebo]
	Full Idea: Maybe ordinary speakers aren't very concerned about their ontological commitments, and sometimes find it convenient to posit objects.
	From: Øystein Linnebo (Plural Quantification [2008], 2.4)
	A reaction: I think this is the whole truth about the ontological commitment of ordinary language. We bring abstraction under control by pretending it is a world of physical objects. The 'left wing' in politics, 'dark deeds', a 'huge difference'.