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- Title
On what there is in particular.
- Authors
Payton, Jonathan D
- Abstract
Quine says that ontology is about what there is, suggesting that to be ontologically committed to F s is to be committed to accepting a sentence which existentially quantifies over F s. Kit Fine argues that this gets the logical form of some ontological theses wrong. Fine is right that some ontological theses cannot be rendered simply as 'There are F s'. But the root of the problem has yet to be recognized, either by Fine or by his critics. Sometimes to adopt an ontological thesis is not merely to commit yourself to there being at least one F ; it is to take a stand on which F s there are. Once we recognize the 'particularity' of these ontological theses, we can adequately express them within the confines of a Quinean approach to ontology and ontological commitment.
- Subjects
ONTOLOGY; REALISM; NECESSITY (Philosophy); EXISTENTIALISM; PERSPECTIVE (Philosophy)
- Publication
Analysis, 2023, Vol 83, Issue 1, p70
- ISSN
0003-2638
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/analys/anac061