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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences' and 'Ordinary Objects'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

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Existence might require playing a role in explanation, or in a causal story, or being composed in some way [Thomasson]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

7771	We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]

8860	Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]

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

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Rival ontological claims can both be true, if there are analytic relationships between them [Thomasson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]

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Theories do not avoid commitment to entities by avoiding certain terms or concepts [Thomasson]