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Article: How to express ontological commitment in the vernacular
| Title | How to express ontological commitment in the vernacular |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2010 |
| Citation | Philosophia Mathematica, 2010, v. 18, n. 3, p. 293-310 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | According to the familiar Quinean understanding of ontological commitment, (1) one undertakes ontological commitments only via theoretical regimentations, and (2) ontological commitments are to be identified with the domain of a theory's quantifiers. Jody Azzouni accepts (1), but rejects (2). Azzouni accepts (1) because he believes that no vernacular expression carries ontological commitments. He rejects (2) by locating a theory's commitments with the extension of an existence predicate. I argue that Azzouni's two theses undermine each other. If ontological commitments follow from predications of existence, then ontological commitments can be expressed in the vernacular via negative existential sentences. © The Author [2010]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/202194 |
| ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.041 |
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| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Asay, Jamin | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-08-22T02:57:47Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2014-08-22T02:57:47Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Philosophia Mathematica, 2010, v. 18, n. 3, p. 293-310 | - |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0031-8019 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/202194 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | According to the familiar Quinean understanding of ontological commitment, (1) one undertakes ontological commitments only via theoretical regimentations, and (2) ontological commitments are to be identified with the domain of a theory's quantifiers. Jody Azzouni accepts (1), but rejects (2). Azzouni accepts (1) because he believes that no vernacular expression carries ontological commitments. He rejects (2) by locating a theory's commitments with the extension of an existence predicate. I argue that Azzouni's two theses undermine each other. If ontological commitments follow from predications of existence, then ontological commitments can be expressed in the vernacular via negative existential sentences. © The Author [2010]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Philosophia Mathematica | - |
| dc.title | How to express ontological commitment in the vernacular | - |
| dc.type | Article | - |
| dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/philmat/nkq005 | - |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-78649337307 | - |
| dc.identifier.volume | 18 | - |
| dc.identifier.issue | 3 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 293 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 310 | - |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1744-6406 | - |
| dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000283115100003 | - |
| dc.identifier.issnl | 0031-8019 | - |