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Ontological Commitment Revisited (Hardcover)
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Ontological Commitment Revisited (Hardcover)
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Ontological commitment implies that each theory is supposed to
specify the type of entities that form its components.
Representatives of a theory share an ontological commitment in
relation to the objects they refer to. There are theories that
admit the existence of universals while others do not. As there are
different ways of speaking about universals it is necessary to
decide what a universal term corresponds to. It is essential to
have a criterion that enables us to decide which kinds of objects
are allowed as references for the terms used. In this volume two
different approaches are discussed: first, in cases where only
extensional languages are accepted; second, when intensional
elements are required to determine the meaning such terms as
"Sachverhalt", intentional statements or representations. The
ontological commitment associated with extensional theories
exclusively admits the existence of physical objects, whereas
intensional theses additionally include universal and abstract
entities. The study of ontological commitment enables us to measure
the ontological economy of theories. This serves as a basis for the
choice of theory. The authors of this volume discuss relevant
issues of both models and provide new solutions.
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