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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

9217	Modern empirical metaphysics focuses on ontological commitments of discourse, or on presuppositions [Loux/Zimmerman]

16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons

4042	Metaphysics requires the idea of people (speakers) located in space and time [Davidson]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

4041	Sentences held true determine the meanings of the words they contain [Davidson]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

4366	We can't accept Aristotle's naturalism about persons, because it is normative and unscientific [Williams,B, by Hursthouse]