Against Fantology

Aristotelian realism vs. Kantian constructivism ,[object Object],[object Object]

propositional logic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Predicate logic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object]

David Armstrong spreadsheet ontology

F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V a b c d e f g h i j k

F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V a x x x x x b c d e f g h i j k

F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V a x x x x x b x x x x x c d e f g h i j k

and so on … F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V a x x x x x b x x x x x c x x x x x d x x e f g h i j k

Fantology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Formal Ontology vs. Formal Logic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Formal Ontology vs. Formal Logic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Semantic background of fantology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

For the fantologist ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fantology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

For extreme fantologists ‘a’ leaves no room for ontological complexity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fantology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The application of the fantological approach ,[object Object],[object Object]

Properties are abstract entities ,[object Object],[object Object]

F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V a x x x x x b x x x x x c x d x e x x f x g x x x x x x x h x x x x x i x x x x x x j x x x x x k x x x

Contrast Aristotle ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

For Fantology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

the same form F(a) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Confusion of universals and properties ,[object Object],[object Object]

There is only one form of states of affairs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fantology ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

For Aristotelians, universals are parts of reality ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Booleanism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Strong Booleanism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fantology implies a poor treatment of relations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fantology implies a poor treatment of environments ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Fantology leads you to talk nonsense about family resemblances

The limitations of fantology ,[object Object],[object Object]

A better view ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The (Aristotelian) Ontological Sextet Substances Quality entities Processes Universals Substance-universals Quality-universals Process-universals Particulars Individual Substances Quality-instances (Tropes…) Process-instances

Trope nominalism Substances Qualities Processes Universals Particulars Tropes, bundles

The fantological view: Substances Quality entities Processes Universals Properties Particulars Particulars

The set-theoretical view Substances Quality entities Processes Universals Sets Particulars Elements

one-place Quality… entities ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],stand in relations of one-sided dependence to a plurality of substances simultaneously John Mary love

The alternative to fantology ,[object Object],[object Object]

from Barry Smith, “Against Fantology”, in: M. E. Reicher, J. C. Marek (Eds.), Experience and Analysis, 2005, Vienna: ÖBV-HPT, 153-170

The 6 categories of entity are related together ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A better syntax ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

This suggests a new syntax: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Compare the syntax of first order logic with identity ,[object Object],[object Object]

Compare the syntax of set theory ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

New syntax: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Types of Formal Relation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

FOLWUT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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