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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'The Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme' and 'Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology'

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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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Knowledge of potential is universal and indefinite; of the actual it is definite and of individuals [Aristotle]

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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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Materialists cannot explain change [Aristotle, by Politis]

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]