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Higher‐order being and time by Skiba, Lukas

“…Abstract Higher‐order metaphysicians take facts to be higher‐order beings, i.e., entities in the range of irreducibly higher‐order quantifiers. In this paper,…”
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Higher-order metaphysics and the tropes versus universals dispute by Skiba, Lukas

“…Higher-order realists about properties express their view that there are properties with the help of higher-order rather than first-order quantifiers. They…”
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Higher‐order metaphysics by Skiba, Lukas

“…Subverting a once widely held Quinean paradigm, there is a growing consensus among philosophers of logic that higher‐order quantifiers (which bind variables in…”
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Engineering existence? by Skiba, Lukas

“…This paper investigates the connection between two recent trends in philosophy: higher-orderism and conceptual engineering. Higher-orderists use higher-order…”
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In Defence of Hybrid Contingentism by Skiba, Lukas

“…Hybrid contingentism combines first-order contingentism, the view that it is contingent what individuals there are, with higher-order necessitism, the view…”
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Fictionalism, the Safety Result and counterpossibles by Skiba, Lukas

“…Abstract Fictionalists maintain that possible worlds, numbers or composite objects exist only according to theories which are useful but false. Hale, Divers…”
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Frege’s Unthinkable Thoughts by Skiba, Lukas

“…There are two common reactions to Frege’s claim that some senses and thoughts are private. Privatists accept both private senses and thoughts, while…”
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On Reference by Skiba, Lukas

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On Reference by Skiba, Lukas

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Fictionalism and the incompleteness problem by Skiba, Lukas

“…Modal fictionalists face a problem that arises due to their possible-world story being incomplete in the sense that certain relevant claims are neither true…”
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On Indirect Sense and Reference by Skiba, Lukas

“…According to Frege, expressions shift their reference when they occur in indirect contexts: in “Anna believes that Plato is wise” the expression “Plato” no…”
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