Ideas from 'Deflating Existential Consequence' by Jody Azzouni [2004], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Deflating Existential Consequence' by Azzouni,Jody [OUP 2004,0-19-530867-0]].
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3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 12. Rejecting Truthmakers
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'Mickey Mouse is a fictional mouse' is true without a truthmaker
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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth
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Truth is dispensable, by replacing truth claims with the sentence itself
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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth
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Truth lets us assent to sentences we can't explicitly exhibit
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
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Names function the same way, even if there is no object
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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That all existents have causal powers is unknowable; the claim is simply an epistemic one
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism
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If fictional objects really don't exist, then they aren't abstract objects
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment
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Modern metaphysics often derives ontology from the logical forms of sentences
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / b. Commitment of quantifiers
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If objectual quantifiers ontologically commit, so does the metalanguage for its semantics
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
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In the vernacular there is no unequivocal ontological commitment
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We only get ontology from semantics if we have already smuggled it in
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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects
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Things that don't exist don't have any properties
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 3. Periodic Table
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The periodic table not only defines the elements, but also excludes other possible elements
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