Abstract
Theories of existence come in two versions: strong or weak. While speculative philosophy characteristically defends a strong theory of existence, other kinds of philosophy – most notably empiricism, neo-pragmatism, and analytical philosophy – strenuously maintain a weak theory. So fundamental is the difference between strong and weak theories of existence to any account we give of the nature of things that, since at least the seventeenth century, the debate between them has lain at the very heart of philosophy. It is the dwarf in the machine, driving the conflicts and oppositions, and generating the immense proliferation of arguments and alternatives, which, THEORIES OF EXISTENCE
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