Ontological maximalism
In philosophy, ontological maximalism (or metaontological maximalism) is a ontological realist position that asserts, "whatever can exist does in some sense exist".[1]
Overview
Meta-ontology deals with question related to ontology, whether there are mind independent (objective) answers to "what exists". Ontological realism assert reality (at least a part of it) are independent of human mind.[2] In contrast to realists, Ontological Anti-realists deny the world is mind-independent. Believing the epistemological and semantic problems to be insoluble, they conclude realism must be false.[3]
Maximalism is one of two main metaontological position. On maximalist framework, any entity whose existence is consistent with the nature of this world can be taken to exist.[4]
See also
- Ontology
- Large cardinal property
- Continuum hypothesis
- Mathematical universe hypothesis
- Modal realism
References
- ↑ Szubka, Tadeusz (2016-01-01) (in en). Metaontological Maximalism and Minimalism: Fine versus Horwich. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-31265-4. https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789004312654/B9789004312654-s012.xml.
- ↑ Niiniluoto, Ilkka (2002-02-07). "Realism in Ontology" (in en). Critical Scientific Realism. pp. 21–41. doi:10.1093/0199251614.003.0002. ISBN 0-19-925161-4. https://academic.oup.com/book/1368/chapter/140678078.
- ↑ Khlentzos, Drew (2021), Zalta, Edward N., ed., Challenges to Metaphysical Realism (Spring 2021 ed.), Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2021/entries/realism-sem-challenge/, retrieved 2023-03-21
- ↑ Chalmers, David. "Ontological Anti-Realism". https://consc.net/papers/ontology.pdf.
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