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1 How does Quine propose to solve the ‘riddle of non-being’? How does his solution reflect a ‘taste for desert landscapes’?

2 How does Quine respond to the argument that fictional entities (like Pegasus the winged horse) must exist in some sense, or else we could not talk about them?

3 ‘Our ontology is determined once we have fixed upon the over-all conceptual scheme which is to accommodate science in the broadest sense’ (Quine). Explain and critically discuss.