This book offers an overview of recent discussions on deflationary approaches to ontology and abstract objects. The essays compiled in this volume constitute previously unpublished, original material aiming at exploring current ideas on deflationary approaches to ontology and their relationship to abstract objects, covering issues ranging from the ontology of mathematics and scientific theories to the semantics of fictional expressions and possible worlds. The complete volume represents a contribution to current debates on the nature and epistemology of abstract entities. Its target audience comprises researchers, professionals, lecturers, and students of philosophy, mainly with interests in metaphysics, ontology and metaontology.
1 Introduction (Xavier de Donato-Rodríguez, José L. Falguera, Concha Martínez-Vidal).- 2 A Deflationary View of Ontology for Scientific Theories: A Neo-Carnapian Approach (Xavier de Donato-Rodríguez and José L. Falguera).- 3 Against Easy Realism (Tobias Alexius).- 4 From deflationism about truth to deflationism about abstract objects (Thomas Schindler).- 5 Easy Ontology Made Easier (Arvid Båve).- 6 Possible worlds and propositions (María de Ponte).- 7 Ontology and the algebraic conception of logic (Øystein Linnebo University of Oslo).- 8 Quinean Lightweight Objects (Concha Martínez-Vidal).- 9 Pragmatic Accounts of Justification, Epistemic Analyticity, and Other Routes to Easy Knowledge of Abstracta (Brett Topey).- 10 Objects, Thin Objects, Thin Access to Objects (Otávio Bueno).- 11 Deflating Fictionalism (Suki Finn).- 12 To be (thin) or not to be? Are thin objects fictional objects, or are fictional objects thin? (Mary Leng).- 13 Fictional Characters in Fictional Discourse (Manuel García-Carpintero).- 14 Ontology and Top-Down Metasemantics (Matti Eklund).- 15 Sortal Combat. Semantic Inferentialism and Ontological Deflationism About Abstract Objects (James Henry Collin).- 16 The implicature view of ontological commitments and denials (Jody Azzouni).- 17 The (Linguistic) Foundations of Arithmetic (Robert Schwartzkopff).- Index.
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