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Ideas for 'The Intrinsic Quality of Experience', 'Philosophical Insignificance of A Priori Knowledge' and 'Review of Tait 'Provenance of Pure Reason''

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
If a mathematical structure is rejected from a physical theory, it retains its mathematical status [Parsons,C]
Our best theories may commit us to mathematical abstracta, but that doesn't justify the commitment [Papineau]