Combining Philosophers

Ideas for George Boolos, Michael Devitt and Anaxarchus

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals

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It is lunacy to think we only see ink-marks, and not word-types [Boolos]

8502	Realism doesn't explain 'a is F' any further by saying it is 'a has F-ness' [Devitt]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals

8503	The particular/universal distinction is unhelpful clutter; we should accept 'a is F' as basic [Devitt]

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

8501	Quineans take predication about objects as basic, not reference to properties they may have [Devitt]