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'Through the Looking Glass', 'Science without Numbers' and 'Ontology'
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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 / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing
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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence
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Being is maximal consistency [Jacquette]
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Existence is completeness and 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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You can reduce ontological commitment by expanding the logic [Field,H]
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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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