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Ontological maximalism

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In philosophy, ontological maximalism (or metaontological maximalism) is a ontological realist position that asserts, "whatever can exist does in some sense exist".[1]

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Meta-ontology deals with question related to ontology, whether there are mind independent (objective) answers to "what exists". Ontological realism asserts that reality (at least a part of it) is independent of the human mind.[2] In contrast to realists, ontological anti-realists deny that the world is mind-independent. Believing the epistemological and semantic problems to be insoluble, they conclude that realism must be false.[3]

Maximalism is one of two main metaontological positions. In a maximalist framework, any entity whose existence is consistent with the nature of this world can be taken to exist.[4]

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