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Ideas for 'The Poetics', 'The Metaphysics within Physics' and 'The Common-Sense View of Reality'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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We can only distinguish self from non-self if there is an inflexible external reality [Colvin]

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Common-sense realism rests on our interests and practical life [Colvin]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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Arguments that objects are unknowable or non-existent assume the knower's existence [Colvin]

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If objects are doubted because their appearances change, that presupposes one object [Colvin]

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The idea that everything is relations is contradictory; relations are part of the concept of things [Colvin]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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To get an ontology from ontological commitment, just add that some theory is actually true [Maudlin]

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

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Naïve translation from natural to formal language can hide or multiply the ontology [Maudlin]