Add to ORKGIn this paper I argue against what I label as "Lightweight interpretation of ontological disputes". This interpretation criteria sees ontological disputes as metalinguistic negotiations concerning the pursuing of practical objectives. I have developed an argument, called "That's not the issue", which shows that this interpretation criteria is inapplicable to most ontological disputes
abstract: One activity for which philosophers are perhaps best known is having disputes with one ano...
I consider what I hope are increasingly sophisticated versions of ontological argument, beginning fr...
Philosophers of language and metaethicists are concerned with persistent normative and evaluative di...
In this paper I argue against what I label as "Lightweight interpretation of ontological disputes". ...
In this paper, I argue that various disputes in ontology have important ramifications and so are wor...
The notion of ontology originates in philosophy. It has been recently employed in computer science a...
The purpose of this article is to support the logical incompatibility of the opposing views as a cri...
Many say that ontological disputes are defective because they are unimportant or without substance. ...
Massimilano Carrara and Vittorio Morato examine the thesis of semantic compatibilism: when there is ...
In constructing semantic theories of normative and evaluative terms, philosophers have commonly depl...
Ontological disputes tend to involve your intuitions concerning relations between the statue and the...
It is common for contemporary ontologists to claim that they are not concerned with what exists simp...
This is a contribution to a symposium on Amie Thomasson’s Ontology Made Easy (2015). Thomasson defen...
The aim of this paper is to explore the possibility that, at least, some metaphysical debates are ‘m...
This paper defends the idea that disputes which do not feature conflicts in literally-expressed cont...
abstract: One activity for which philosophers are perhaps best known is having disputes with one ano...
I consider what I hope are increasingly sophisticated versions of ontological argument, beginning fr...
Philosophers of language and metaethicists are concerned with persistent normative and evaluative di...
In this paper I argue against what I label as "Lightweight interpretation of ontological disputes". ...
In this paper, I argue that various disputes in ontology have important ramifications and so are wor...
The notion of ontology originates in philosophy. It has been recently employed in computer science a...
The purpose of this article is to support the logical incompatibility of the opposing views as a cri...
Many say that ontological disputes are defective because they are unimportant or without substance. ...
Massimilano Carrara and Vittorio Morato examine the thesis of semantic compatibilism: when there is ...
In constructing semantic theories of normative and evaluative terms, philosophers have commonly depl...
Ontological disputes tend to involve your intuitions concerning relations between the statue and the...
It is common for contemporary ontologists to claim that they are not concerned with what exists simp...
This is a contribution to a symposium on Amie Thomasson’s Ontology Made Easy (2015). Thomasson defen...
The aim of this paper is to explore the possibility that, at least, some metaphysical debates are ‘m...
This paper defends the idea that disputes which do not feature conflicts in literally-expressed cont...
abstract: One activity for which philosophers are perhaps best known is having disputes with one ano...
I consider what I hope are increasingly sophisticated versions of ontological argument, beginning fr...
Philosophers of language and metaethicists are concerned with persistent normative and evaluative di...