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Ideas of Jody Azzouni, by Text
[American, fl. 2004, Professor at Tufts University.]
2004
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Deflating Existential Consequence
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Intro
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p.9
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12437
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Truth lets us assent to sentences we can't explicitly exhibit
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Intro
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p.10
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12438
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In the vernacular there is no unequivocal ontological commitment
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Ch.1
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p.16
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12439
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Truth is dispensable, by replacing truth claims with the sentence itself
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Ch.3
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p.54
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12440
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If objectual quantifiers ontologically commit, so does the metalanguage for its semantics
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Ch.3
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p.55
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12441
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We only get ontology from semantics if we have already smuggled it in
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Ch.3
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p.57
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12442
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'Mickey Mouse is a fictional mouse' is true without a truthmaker
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Ch.3
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p.72
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12445
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If fictional objects really don't exist, then they aren't abstract objects
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Ch.3 n55
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p.79
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12446
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Names function the same way, even if there is no object
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Ch.4
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p.83
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12447
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That all existents have causal powers is unknowable; the claim is simply an epistemic one
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Ch.4
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p.87
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12448
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Things that don't exist don't have any properties
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Ch.7
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p.148
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12449
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Modern metaphysics often derives ontology from the logical forms of sentences
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Ch.7
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p.150
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12450
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The periodic table not only defines the elements, but also excludes other possible elements
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