Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Bertrand Russell, Goodman,N/Quine,W and Mark Rowlands

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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta

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We renounce all abstract entities [Goodman/Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

4441	'Resemblance Nominalism' won't work, because the theory treats resemblance itself as a universal [Russell]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 3. Predicate Nominalism

6440	Universals can't just be words, because words themselves are universals [Russell]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 4. Concept Nominalism

4429	If we consider whiteness to be merely a mental 'idea', we rob it of its universality [Russell]