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    A union of incompatible ontologies produces an incoherent... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The scientific concept of language should be defined as a union of various ontological perspectives rather than by eliminating any single perspective

    A union of incompatible ontologies produces an incoherent object of study, not a richer one—Quine's criterion of ontological commitment demands parsimony.

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    • 1.Incompatible ontologies entail contradictory truth-conditions, making simultaneous assertion logically incoherent.
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    • 2.Parsimony avoids explanatory redundancy: positing fewer entity-types better satisfies Occam's Razor.
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    • 3.Ontological commitment reflects what a theory logically entails exists; mixing incompatible commitments obscures this.
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    • 1.Incompatibility ≠ incoherence: ontologies can address different domains non-overlappingly without logical contradiction.
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    • 2.Richness and parsimony differ: pluralistic frameworks capture phenomena single ontologies cannot, advancing explanatory power.
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    • 3.Quine's criterion assumes ontological questions have determinate answers; but pragmatic integration may be epistemically superior.
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