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'fragments/reports', 'The Moral Problem' and 'The Question of Ontology'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence
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'Exists' is a predicate, not a quantifier; 'electrons exist' is like 'electrons spin' [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 4. Abstract Existence
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Just as we introduced complex numbers, so we introduced sums and temporal parts [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
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Real objects are those which figure in the facts that constitute reality [Fine,K]
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Being real and being fundamental are separate; Thales's water might be real and divisible [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies
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For ontology we need, not internal or external views, but a view from outside reality [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / b. Commitment of quantifiers
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Ontological claims are often universal, and not a matter of existential quantification [Fine,K]
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