Carnap’s Big Idea

Thomas Hofweber

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Carnap had a great insight about ontology, his Big Idea. But he was mistaken about why the Big Idea is correct, and about what follows from it. Nonetheless, the Big Idea is correct, and significant things follow from it for metaphysics and ontology. This chapter focuses on Carnap’s Big Idea. It hopes to work out why on Carnap’s own account his Big Idea should be seen as being false, why it is true nonetheless, and what follows from it.

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