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'Frege's Concept of Numbers as Objects', 'From an Ontological Point of View' and 'Mere Possibilities'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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Some say what exists must do so, and nothing else could possible exist [Stalnaker]
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A nominalist view says existence is having spatio-temporal location [Stalnaker]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
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The idea that 'exist' has multiple senses is not coherent [Wright,C]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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The reductionist programme dispenses with levels of reality [Heil]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 3. Levels of Reality
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There are levels of organisation, complexity, description and explanation, but not of reality [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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Realism says some of our concepts 'cut nature at the joints' [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Anti-realists who reduce reality to language must explain the existence of language [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / b. Commitment of quantifiers
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Singular terms in true sentences must refer to objects; there is no further question about their existence [Wright,C]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
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Concepts don't carve up the world, which has endless overlooked or ignored divisions [Heil]
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