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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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Chrysippus says action is the criterion for existence, which must be physical [Chrysippus, by Tieleman]
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That all existents have causal powers is unknowable; the claim is simply an epistemic one [Azzouni]
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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 [Azzouni]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact
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There are simple and complex facts; the latter depend on further facts [Chrysippus, by Cicero]
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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 [Azzouni]
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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 [Azzouni]
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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 [Azzouni]
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We only get ontology from semantics if we have already smuggled it in [Azzouni]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
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Stoics categories are Substrate, Quality, Disposition, and Relation [Chrysippus, by Pasnau]
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