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The criterion of ontological commitment
pp. 15-33
Abstract
In "Ontological Commitment" (1958), A. Church maintains that a precise formulation of a criterion of ontological commitment is a prior condition of any fruitful and rigorous discussion of the problem of universals: "…no discussion of an ontological question, in particular of the issue between nominalism and realism, can be regarded as intelligible unless it obeys a definite criterion of ontological commitment".1
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Gochet Paul (1980) Outline of a nominalist theory of propositions: an essay in the theory of meaning and in the philosophy of logic. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 15-33
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-8949-8_2
Full citation:
Gochet Paul (1980) The criterion of ontological commitment, In: Outline of a nominalist theory of propositions, Dordrecht, Springer, 15–33.