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    Supports→The quantifier account of ontological commitment should be rejected by ontologists.

    Two theories can have identical quantificational commitments yet differ radically in their grounding structure, meaning the quantifier account is blind to the ontological hierarchy that metaphysicians like Fine take to be the subject matter of ontology.

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    Fine, Kit(The statement references Fine's framework as the basis for the argument)
    A contemporary philosopher known for developing supervaluationism, a theory about how language handles vague or fuzzy concepts.
    Ontological hierarchy(as used in metaphysics)
    A ranked system that organizes different kinds of things that exist, usually from most fundamental to least fundamental.
    Ontology(Carnap argues this enterprise is based on a mistake)
    The philosophical discipline that tries to answer hard questions about what there really is.
    Quantificational commitments(logic and metaphysics)
    The claims you're making about *what exists* or *how many things* exist when you make a statement.
    grounding structure(as used in ethics)

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    The framework or system that explains *why* something is true by showing what other things cause or justify it.
    quantifier account(Associated with Quine; here criticized for being insensitive to the distinction between fundamentally and non-fundamentally real entities.)
    The view that ontological commitment is determined by what the existential quantifier of a theory ranges over.

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