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'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'Possible Worlds' and 'Ontology'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
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Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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To grasp being, we must say why something exists, and why there is one world [Jacquette]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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Existence is completeness and consistency [Jacquette]
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Being is maximal consistency [Jacquette]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
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Ontology is the same as the conceptual foundations of logic [Jacquette]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment
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Ontology must include the minimum requirements for our semantics [Jacquette]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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Logic is based either on separate objects and properties, or objects as combinations of properties [Jacquette]
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Reduce states-of-affairs to object-property combinations, and possible worlds to states-of-affairs [Jacquette]
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