Skip to main content

Ontological Commitment

  • Chapter
  • 122 Accesses

Part of the book series: Synthese Library ((SYLI,volume 244))

Abstract

In this chapter we should perhaps ask again what our objective, and our strategy should be. But first let us re-iterate the problem.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Buying options

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD   109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Notes

  1. Barry Stroud (1965) took the opposite position, and tried to build a possibility of transcendental arguments on what he called `privileged’ sentences. Not surprisingly he fails. I have argued this point in extenso (1983), and shall not repeat it here.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1995 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Srzednicki, J. (1995). Ontological Commitment. In: To Know or Not to Know. Synthese Library, vol 244. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3542-1_7

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3542-1_7

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht

  • Print ISBN: 978-90-481-4418-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-94-017-3542-1

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics