Ontology and Metaontology: A Contemporary Guide

Acknowledgements Introduction: What Is Ontology? What Is Metaontology? Part I: Quinean Metaontology 1. On Denoting 2. 1948: On What There Is 3. The Standard View Part II: Alternative Metaontologies 4. Ontological Pluralism and Neo-Fregeanism 5. Carnap's View of Ontology and Neo-Carnapians 6. Fictionalism 7. Meinongianism 8. The Grounding Approach Part III: Ontology 9. Abstract Objects I: Numbers & Co. 10. Abstract Objects II: Linguistic Types, Propositions, and Values 11. Possible Worlds 12. Material Objects 13. Fictional Objects 14. Beyond Particulars: Properties and Events Bibliography Index