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'Material Beings', 'Zettel' and 'Ontological Relativity'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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Absolute ontological questions are meaningless, because the answers are circular definitions [Quine]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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I reject talk of 'stuff', and treat it in terms of particles [Inwagen]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
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Singular terms can be vague, because they can contain predicates, which can be vague [Inwagen]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
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Ontology is relative to both a background theory and a translation manual [Quine]
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