paragraph | topic |
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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 |