The Criterion of Ontological Commitment
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosophy
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| gptkbp:debatedBy |
gptkb:David_Lewis
gptkb:Hilary_Putnam gptkb:Peter_van_Inwagen |
| gptkbp:describedBy |
gptkb:Word_and_Object
gptkb:On_What_There_Is |
| gptkbp:formedBy |
gptkb:Willard_Van_Orman_Quine
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| gptkbp:hasConcept |
A theory is ontologically committed to the entities over which it quantifies
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
The Criterion of Ontological Commitment
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| gptkbp:implies |
Natural language is ambiguous regarding ontological commitment
Theories must be formalized to determine ontological commitments |
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Analytic_philosophy
Contemporary metaphysics |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Philosophy_of_language
gptkb:Philosophy_of_logic Ontology |
| gptkbp:statedIn |
To be is to be the value of a variable
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:On_What_There_Is
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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