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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
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I prefer a lack of form to mean non-existence, than to think of some quasi-existence [Augustine]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
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Three main questions seem to be whether a thing is, what it is, and what sort it is [Augustine]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment
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A logically perfect language could express all truths, so all truths must be logically expressible [Quine, by Hossack]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / c. Commitment of predicates
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Quine says we can expand predicates easily (ideology), but not names (ontology) [Quine, by Noonan]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
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For Quine everything exists theoretically, as reference, predication and quantification [Quine, by Benardete,JA]
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