TY - BOOK AU - Berto, Francesco TI - Ontology and Metaontology: A Contemporary Guide SN - 9781441182890 U1 - N20 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury KW - Ontology N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Quinean metaontology on denoting .15 1948: on what there is ...........23 The standard view..........34 2. Alternative metaontologies Ontological pluralism and neo-fregeanism......55 Carnap`s view of Ontology and neo-carnapians..........68 Fictionalism ................83 Meinongianism..............99 The grounding approach.......113 3. Ontology Abstract objects 1 : Numbers & Co. ............123 Abstract objects II: Linguistic types, propositions and values.............152 Possible worlds........163 Material objects...........181 Fictional Objects........199 Beyond particulars: Properties and events ..........211 ER -