Deflationary metaphysics and ordinary language

DOI10.1007/S11229-016-1212-ZzbMATH Open1475.03014DBLPjournals/synthese/Button20OpenAlexW2519662487WikidataQ59474330 ScholiaQ59474330MaRDI QIDQ2053993FDOQ2053993

Authors: Tim Button 

Publication date: 30 November 2021

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-016-1212-z

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zbMATH Keywords

mereologycontext principlemetaontologyAmie Thomassondeflationary metaphysicseasy ontologyEli Hirschexistence questionsmetametaphysicsneo-Carnapian metaphysicsordinary language

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Logic of natural languages (03B65)

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