Disambiguation evidence for “On What There Is” via surface form
"On What There Is"
As subject (49)
Triples where this entity appears as subject under the
label "On What There Is".
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| arguesAgainst | traditional metaphysical ontology ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst | uncritical acceptance of abstract entities ⓘ |
| author |
Willard Van Orman Quine
ⓘ
surface form:
W. V. O. Quine
|
| author | Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ |
| centralThesis | our ontological commitments are determined by what our best theories quantify over ⓘ |
| centralThesis | questions of what there is are to be settled by examining the quantificational structure of our theories ⓘ |
| containsCharacter | McX ⓘ |
| containsCharacter | Wyman ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| critiques | Alexius Meinong's theory of objects ⓘ |
| field | metaphysics ⓘ |
| field | ontology ⓘ |
| field | philosophy ⓘ |
| field | philosophy of language ⓘ |
| hasNotableQuote | To be is to be the value of a bound variable. ⓘ |
| hasSection | critique of Meinongian ontology ⓘ |
| influenced | analytic metaphysics ⓘ |
| influenced | ontological debates in analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced | philosophy of language in the 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced | theories of ontological commitment ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Bertrand Russell ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Rudolf Carnap ⓘ |
| influencedBy | logical empiricism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | logical positivism ⓘ |
| instanceOf | academic article ⓘ |
| instanceOf | philosophical essay ⓘ |
| isConsidered | classic text in analytic metaphysics ⓘ |
| isConsidered | seminal essay on ontological commitment ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic | abstract objects ⓘ |
| mainTopic | existence ⓘ |
| mainTopic | logical analysis of language ⓘ |
| mainTopic | nominalism ⓘ |
| mainTopic | ontological commitment ⓘ |
| mainTopic | ontology ⓘ |
| mainTopic | paraphrase in philosophy ⓘ |
| mainTopic | quantification ⓘ |
| mainTopic | universals ⓘ |
| methodologicalApproach | logical analysis of formalized language ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| proposes | criterion of ontological commitment based on bound variables of quantification ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| publishedIn | Review of Metaphysics ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
“Two Dogmas of Empiricism”
ⓘ
surface form:
Two Dogmas of Empiricism
|
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Word and Object ⓘ |
| supportsView | ontological relativity to a background theory ⓘ |
| usesExample | Pegasus ⓘ |
| usesExample | fictional entities ⓘ |
| usesExample | mythical creatures ⓘ |
As object (1)
Triples where some other subject referred to this entity
as "On What There Is".