Deflationary metaphysics and ordinary language

DOI10.1007/S11229-016-1212-ZMaRDI QIDQ2053993zbMATH OpenOpenAlexDBLPWikidataFDO

Authors Tim Button

Publication date 30 November 2021

Published in Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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

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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