Ideas from 'The Metaontology of Abstraction' by B Hale / C Wright [2009], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Metametaphysics' (ed/tr Chalmers/Manley/Wasserman) [OUP 2009,978-0-19-954600-8]].

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy

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It is a fallacy to explain the obscure with the even more obscure

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms

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Singular terms refer if they make certain atomic statements true

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism

12225

Neo-Fregeanism might be better with truth-makers, rather than quantifier commitment

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

12224

Are neo-Fregeans 'maximalists' - that everything which can exist does exist?

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment

12226

The identity of Pegasus with Pegasus may be true, despite the non-existence

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties

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Maybe we have abundant properties for semantics, and sparse properties for ontology

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

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A successful predicate guarantees the existence of a property - the way of being it expresses

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

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Abstractionism needs existential commitment and uniform truth-conditions

12228

Equivalence abstraction refers to objects otherwise beyond our grasp

19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference

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Reference needs truth as well as sense