Ontological commitment

In the philosophy of language and metaphysics, an ontological commitment is a statement in which the existence of one thing is presupposed or implied by asserting the existence of another. We are "committed" to the existence of the second thing, even though we may not have expected it, and may have thought we are asserting the existence only of the first. The kind of entities in question are typically abstract objects such as universals, sets, fictional objects or classes.

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Philosophy of language - Metaphysics - Statement - Abstract object - Universal - Sets - Fictional object - Classes

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