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'Events and Their Names', 'Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology' and 'The Mystery of Consciousness'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 4. Abstract Existence
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Internal questions about abstractions are trivial, and external ones deeply problematic [Carnap, by Szabó]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
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Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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Reduction is either by elimination, or by explanation [Searle]
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Eliminative reduction needs a gap between appearance and reality, as in sunsets [Searle]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
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Existence questions are 'internal' (within a framework) or 'external' (concerning the whole framework) [Carnap]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
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To be 'real' is to be an element of a system, so we cannot ask reality questions about the system itself [Carnap]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment
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A linguistic framework involves commitment to entities, so only commitment to the framework is in question [Carnap]
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