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Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1976 - 6/30/1977

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)

An Analysis of Quine's Program of Ontological Commitment

FAIN: FB-12728-76

Jill Humphries
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6133)

To examine the question of ontological commitment, within the context of Quine's proposals (a) ways of avoiding ontological commitment, and (b) his criterion for accepting or rejecting our ontological commitment to various abstract entities.