MoL-2024-33: Hu, Ruiting (2024) Incompatible Objects and Possible Languages. [Report]
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Abstract
Eklund has put forward maximalism as an ontology for neo-Fregeanism (Eklund, 2006b). He claims this to be a promiscuous ontology that sanctions the existence of any object that is referred to by a singular term in a possible language. Like neo-Fregeanism, maximalism suffers a problem similar to the Bad Company problem. It is called the problem of incompatible objects. This thesis dives into the details of maximalism and seeks a solution for the problem of incompatible objects. Chapter 1 explores the cause for the problem of incompatible objects along with the metaonological principle that motivates maximalism. Chapter 2 considers Linnebo’s critical liberalism (Linnebo, 2024) and quantifier variance (Eklund, 2021) as solutions to the problem of incompatible objects and argues that it is inadequate. Chapter 3 puts forward our two solution to the problem with one appealing to the existence of similar but different objects and the other to pragmatic indeterminacy.
| Item Type: | Report |
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| Report Nr: | MoL-2024-33 |
| Series Name: | Master of Logic Thesis (MoL) Series |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Subjects: | Language Logic |
| Depositing User: | Dr Marco Vervoort |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Nov 2026 14:30 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2026 14:30 |
| URI: | https://eprints.illc.uva.nl/id/eprint/2464 |
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