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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

1633	Absolute ontological questions are meaningless, because the answers are circular definitions [Quine]
	Full Idea: What makes ontological questions meaningless when taken absolutely is not universality but circularity. A question of the form "What is an F?" can only be answered with "An F is a G", which makes sense relative to the uncritical acceptance of G.
	From: Willard Quine (Ontological Relativity [1968], p.53)