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'works', 'The Universe as We Find It' and 'Philosophical Logic'
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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Our categories lack the neat arrangement needed for reduction [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
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Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
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Fundamental ontology aims at the preconditions for any true theory [Heil]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
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Our quantifications only reveal the truths we accept; the ontology and truthmakers are another matter [Heil]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 4. Category Realism
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Ontology aims to give the fundamental categories of being [Heil]
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