Ontological Commitment Revisited / / ed. by Jesús Padilla Gálvez.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Gaffal, Margit,; García-Carpintero, Manuel,; Gibson, Arthur,; Marques, António,; Nida-Rümelin, Julian,; Padilla Gálvez, Jesús,; Simons, Peter,; Smith, Jonathan,
• HerausgeberIn: Padilla Gálvez, Jesús,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Aporia , 13
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (V, 159 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Ontological Commitment: An Introduction --; Meinong’s Objectives --; Metaphysical Aspects of Agency --; Representation as Ontological Problem --; Ontological Commitment and State of Affairs --; “I know” Language-games in Wittgenstein’s Late Philosophy --; Against Propositional Substantivism --; Wittgenstein’s Nachlass, a Case for Practical Ontology? --; Paradox in Ontology: Black Holes, Cosmology, Wittgenstein versus Stephen Hawking’s Claim that Philosophy is Dead --; List of Contributors --; Index of Names --; Subject Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110750041; 9783110750720; 9783110750706; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754155; 9783110753929
• ISSN: 2197-862X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110750041
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jesús Padilla Gálvez.

Ontological commitment implies that each theory is supposed to specify the type of entities that form its components. Representatives of a theory share an ontological commitment in relation to the objects they refer to. There are theories that admit the existence of universals while others do not. As there are different ways of speaking about universals it is necessary to decide what a universal term corresponds to. It is essential to have a criterion that enables us to decide which kinds of objects are allowed as references for the terms used. In this volume two different approaches are discussed: first, in cases where only extensional languages are accepted; second, when intensional elements are required to determine the meaning such terms as "Sachverhalt", intentional statements or representations. The ontological commitment associated with extensional theories exclusively admits the existence of physical objects, whereas intensional theses additionally include universal and abstract entities. The study of ontological commitment enables us to measure the ontological economy of theories. This serves as a basis for the choice of theory. The authors of this volume discuss relevant issues of both models and provide new solutions.