Concept

Meta-ontology

Overview

metatheory whose goal is to clarify what ontology is about and how to interpret the meaning of ontological claims

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Meta-ontology

• Jonathan Schaffer
• Thomas Hofweber

Related ideas

• First-order logic
• Philosophical realism
• Peter van Inwagen
• Metaphysics
• Anti-realism
• Ontology
• Set theory
• Substance theory
• Aristotle
• Aristotelianism
• Willard Van Orman Quine
• Meaning (philosophy)
• Entity
• Philosophy of mathematics
• Metatheory
• Ontological commitment
• Rudolf Carnap
• Alain Badiou
• Existential quantification
• Existence
• Metaphysical grounding
• Jonathan Schaffer
• Internal–external distinction
• Amie Thomasson

Place in the tradition

Part of Outline of philosophy.

Narrower topics:

• Metatheory
• Amie Thomasson
• Thomas Hofweber

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