The syntactic priority thesis and ontological disputes Duke, George 2012, The syntactic priority thesis and ontological disputes, Canadian journal of philosophy, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 149-164. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The syntactic priority thesis and ontological disputes Author(s) Duke, George orcid.org/0000-0002-0258-456X Journal name Canadian journal of philosophy Volume number 42 Issue number 2 Start page 149 End page 164 Total pages 16 Publisher University of Calgary Press Place of publication Calgary, Canada Publication date 2012-06 ISSN 0045-5091 Keyword(s) academic dissertations linguistic analysis analysis philosophy grammar Summary The article focuses on the neo-Fregean's claim that syntactic priority thesis (SP) can constitute a decision-procedure in relation to substantive ontological disputes. It examines alternative interpretations of SP and demonstrates why SP cannot settle disputes about the existence of numbers or deliver on the stronger meta-ontological claims made on behalf it. Problems associated with the attempt to establish ontological theses through logical and linguistic analysis are tackled. Language eng Field of Research 220313 Philosophy of Language Socio Economic Objective 970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30048363 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Humanities and Social Sciences 2018 ERA Submission   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 08 Sep 2012, 10:18:38 EST Tue, 11 Sep 2012, 12:01:14 EST Wed, 19 Sep 2012, 12:46:17 EST Mon, 24 Sep 2012, 14:59:24 EST Mon, 24 Sep 2012, 15:00:55 EST Thu, 15 Nov 2012, 09:35:58 EST Thu, 15 Nov 2012, 09:38:47 EST Tue, 27 Jan 2015, 13:15:24 EST Tue, 03 Feb 2015, 13:16:04 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 660 Abstract Views, 14 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sat, 08 Sep 2012, 10:18:14 EST by George Duke