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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
How to Read This Book
1. Ontology and Metaphysics
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Four Problems in O ntology
1.2.1 Numbers
1.2.2 O rdinary Objects
1.2.3 Properties
1.2.4 Propositions
1.3 Two Kinds o f O ntological Questions
1.4 Three Puzzles About O ntology
1.4.1 Is Philosophical O ntology an Incoherent Project?
1.4.2 The First Puzzle: How Hard?
1.4.3 The Second Puzzle: How Im portant?
1.4.4 The T hird Puzzle: How Philosophical?
1.5 Towards a Solution
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2. Innocent Statements and Their Metaphysically Loaded Counterparts
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2.1 The T rivia l Argum ents
2.2 The Standard Solutions to the Metaphysical Puzzle
2.3 Some Syntactic and Semantic Puzzles
2.3.1 The N um ber o f Moons o f Jupiter
2.3.2 Is Four
2.3.3 Substitution Failure
2.3.4 The Obviousness o f the Equivalence
2.3.5 The Puzzle o f Extravagance
2.4 Solving the Syntactic and Semantic Puzzles
2.4.1 The Function o f the Cleft C onstruction
2.4.2 Focus and C om m unication
2.4.3 Questions, Answers, and Focus
2.4.4 A nother Look at the Loaded Counterparts: The Numbers Case
2.5 Explaining the Focus Effect
2.5.1 The A rgum ent Against the Standard Solutions
2.5.2 The Explanation
2.6 A Solution to the Syntactic and Semantic Puzzles
2.6.1 Numbers
2.6.2 Properties
2.6.3 Propositions
2.6.4 Content C arving W ithout Tears
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2.7 O n to the Second Step
2.8 Appendix: Focus and Id e n tity Statements
3. Quantification
3.1 The Significance o f Q uantification
3.2 The (Fairly) Uncontroversial Facts A bout Q uantifiers
3.2.1 The Structure o f Q uantified N oun Phrases
3.2.2 “ There Is” Is N ot a Q uantifier
3.2.3 Singular and Plural Q uantifiers
3.2.4 The Dom ain C onditions Reading
3.3 Semantic Underspecification
3.4 Q uantifiers as a Source o f U nderspecification
3.4.1 How to Settle the Issue
3.4.2 The Com m unicative Function o f Q uantifiers
3.4.3 Inferential Role and Em pty Terms
3.4.4 Some Examples
3.4.5 Inferential Role and T ru th C onditions
3.4.6 H ow the Readings Are Related, bu t D ifferent
3.5 Compare and Contrast
3.5.1 Substitutional Q uantification
3.5.2 M einong and N on-E xistent Objects
3.5.3 Carnap on Internal and External Questions
3.5.4 Lightw eight and Heavyweight Q uantifiers
3.6 The Solution to the First Puzzle
3.7 Appendix: Generalized Q uantifiers
4. Internalism, Externalism, and the Ontological Question
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Internalism and Externalism
Towards a Solution to the Second and T hird Puzzles
Internalism and the Answer to the O ntological Question
H ow to Settle the Issue
5. Talk About Natural Numbers
5.1 Freges O ther Puzzle
5.2 H ow the Puzzle C ant Be Solved
5.3 N um ber Determ iners
5.3.1 Determ iners and Q uantifiers
5.3.2 Bare Determ iners
5.3.3 Com plex Determ iners and Q uantifiers
5.3.4 A rith m e tic-L ike Bare D eterm iner Statements
5.4 Numbers and A rith m e tic
5.4.1 Basic A rithm etical Statements
5.4.2 Learning Basic A rith m e tic
5.4.3 C ognitive Type C oercion
5.4.4 Contrast: O ther Kinds o f Type Coercion
5.4.5 O ther A rithm etical Operations
5.4.6 “ Two” vs. “ The N um ber Two” vs. “ The N um ber o f Fs”
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5.5 The Solution to Freges Other Puzzle
5.6 Q uantifying over Natural Numbers
6. The Philosophy of Arithmetic
6.1 Philosophical Problems About A rith m e tic
6.1.1 The Central Tension
6.1.2 The Caesar Problem
6.1.3 The A pplication Problem
6.2 Internalism and O ntological Independence
6.3 The A djectival Strategy and Second-Order Logic
6.4 The Existence o f Numbers and the Second Puzzle
6.5 The Internalist Solutions to the Problems
6.5.1 Resolving the Tension
6.5.2 The Solution to the Caesar Problem
6.5.3 The Solution to the Application Problem
6.6 Logicism W ith o u t Logic
6.7 The Philosophy o f Mathematics
7. Ordinary Objects
7.1 The Metaphysics o f O rdinary Objects
7.2 Talk About O rd inary Objects
7.3 The Existence o f O rdinary Objects
7.3.1 Perceptual Evidence
7.3.2 Scientific Evidence
7.3.3 Metaphysical Arguments as Further Evidence
7.4 Metaphysical Questions About Objects
8. Talk About Properties and Propositions
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That-Clauses and Property N om inalizations
The Referential Picture o f Language
Semantic Facts and Semantic Values
Evidence Against Referentiality
Q uantification over Properties and Propositions
9. Inexpressible Properties and Propositions
9.1 The Problem fo r Internalism
9.1.1 Inexpressible Properties and the Inductive Argum ent
9.1.2 Some D istinctions
9.1.3 The New Problem for Internalism
9.2 The Solution to the Problem
9.3 The Solution to the Second Puzzle
9.4 Appendix 1: Further Arguments Against Internalism Using Expressibility
Considerations
9.4.1 M odified Inductive Arguments
9.4.2 C ardinality Arguments
9.5 Appendix 2: Generalized Q uantifiers, Once M ore
9.6 Appendix 3: Revisiting the Internal-E xternal D istinction
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10. Ineffable Facts and the Ambitions of Metaphysics
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10.1 The Dark V ision
10.2 Externahsm and the Ineffable
10.2.1 Arguments fo r the Ineffable
10.2.2 The Hiddenness o f the Ineffable
10.2.3 The Sub-Algebra Hypothesis
10.2.4 Ine ffab ility and M odesty
10.3 Internalism and the Ineffable
10.3.1 Internalism and the E ffab ility Thesis
10.3.2 The Argum ents fo r the Ineffable Revisited
10.3.3 The Internalist Picture o f the Propositional
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The Problem of Universals: W hat It Is and W hy It M atters
M inim alist and Substantial Approaches
The Internalists Solution to the O ntological Problem
The Explanatory Version o f the Problem o f Universals
11.4.1 Good and Bad Explanatory Tasks
11.4.2 Candidates fo r an Explanation
11.5 The Internalist Solution to the Explanatory Problem
11.6 A World of Only Objects
11.7 A Defense o f a Restricted N om inalism
12. The Philosophical Project of Ontology
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Am bitious, Yet Modest, Metaphysics
The Question o f the Dom ain and the Third Puzzle
The Philosophical Project
Objections and Refinements
13. Esoteric and Egalitarian Metaphysics
13.1 Against Esoteric Metaphysics
13.2 Fine on Reality
13.3 Compare and C ontrast
13.3.1 Esoteric Questions and Esoteric Answers
13.3.2 Mathematics as Egalitarian In q u iry
13.3.3 Esoteric Stepping Stones
13.4 Metaphysical P rio rity
13.4.1 Some Egalitarian N otions o f P rio rity
13.4.2 Fundam entality and Explanation
13.4.3 Are There Egalitarian, but P rim itive, N otions o f Metaphysical P riority?
13.5 Resisting the Tem ptation o f Esoteric Metaphysics
14. Conclusion
Bibliography
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