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Ideas for 'Realism in Mathematics', 'Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology' and 'Truth and Truthmakers'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 4. Abstract Existence

8960	Internal questions about abstractions are trivial, and external ones deeply problematic [Carnap, by Szabó]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms

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Logical atomism builds on the simple properties, but are they the only possible properties? [Armstrong]

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]

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]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 5. Naturalism

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'Naturalism' says only the world of space-time exists [Armstrong]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 9. States of Affairs

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Truthmaking needs states of affairs, to unite particulars with tropes or universals. [Armstrong]

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]