Many say that ontological disputes are defective because they are unimportant or without substance. In this paper, we defend ontological disputes from the charge, with a special focus on disputes over the existence of composite objects. Disputes over the existence of composite objects, we argue, have a number of substantive implications across a variety of topics in metaphysics, science, philosophical theology, philosophy of mind, and ethics. Since the disputes over the existence of composite objects have these substantive implications, they are themselves substantive.

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为什么作文很重要

许多人说本体论争论是有缺陷的，因为它们不重要或没有实质。在本文中，我们从指控中捍卫本体论争议，特别关注关于复合对象存在的争议。我们认为，关于复合对象存在的争议对形而上学、科学、哲学神学、心灵哲学和伦理学的各种主题具有许多实质性的影响。由于关于复合对象存在的争论具有这些实质性的含义，它们本身就是实质性的。