22979 | Three main questions seem to be whether a thing is, what it is, and what sort it is [Augustine] |
13933 | Existence questions are 'internal' (within a framework) or 'external' (concerning the whole framework) [Carnap] |
6523 | Positivists regard ontology as either meaningless or stipulated [Ayer, by Robinson,H] |
12210 | Quine's ontology is wrong; his question is scientific, and his answer is partly philosophical [Fine,K on Quine] |
12320 | Ontology is (and always has been) Cantorian mathematics [Badiou] |
7679 | Ontology is the same as the conceptual foundations of logic [Jacquette] |
12217 | For ontology we need, not internal or external views, but a view from outside reality [Fine,K] |
14594 | Ontologists seek existence and identity conditions, and modal and epistemic status for a thing [Swoyer] |
3517 | 'Ontology' means 'study of things which exist' [Maslin] |
4474 | Existence theories must match experience, possibility, logic and knowledge, and not be self-defeating [Moreland] |
13925 | Ontology disputes rest on more basic explanation disputes [Haslanger] |
23768 | A metaphysic is a set of wider explanations derived from a basic ontology [Williams,NE] |
23773 | Humeans say properties are passive, possibility is vast, laws are descriptions, causation is weak [Williams,NE] |
23779 | We shouldn't posit the existence of anything we have a word for [Williams,NE] |
23786 | The status quo is part of what exists, and so needs metaphysical explanation [Williams,NE] |