Language in the Ontology Room

In Hilary Nesi & Petar Milin (eds.), International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Elsevier (forthcoming)
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Abstract

The way we answer questions about what there is crucially depends on the language and the logic in which they are framed. This entry introduces the orthodox view on how to carry out such debates, as was formulated by W. V. O. Quine, as well as a number of influential alternatives. A further issue that is explored is whether disagreement about what there is turns on mind-independent features of reality, or it is an artifact of language.

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Alessandro Torza
University of Parma

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