| paragraph | topic |
|---|
| Introductory notes |
| para1 | the questions to be addressed |
| para2 | existence questions form a logical hierarchy |
| para3 | digression to permit clarification of para2 |
| para4 | clarification of para2 |
| para5 | factorisation of existence questions |
| para6 | defencelessness of ultimate criteria |
| para7 | judging ontological criteria against ordinary language |
| para8 | criteria and consequences of ontological commitment |
| para9 | dispensing with 'inflated' ontologies |
| para10 | range of ontologies compatible with ordinary language |
| para11 | dual standard for the use of the verbs 'to exist' and 'to be' |
| para12 | separate the predicative use of 'to be' from its bald existential use |
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