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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism
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We can't be realists, because we don't know what being is [Nietzsche]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
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Russell showed that descriptions may not have ontological commitment [Russell, by Linsky,B]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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The Theory of Description dropped classes and numbers, leaving propositions, individuals and universals [Russell, by Monk]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
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Categories are not metaphysical truths, but inventions in the service of needs [Nietzsche]
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Philosophers find it particularly hard to shake off belief in necessary categories [Nietzsche]
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