Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hippolytus, J.P. Moreland and Thomas Reid
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism
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Moderate nominalism attempts to embrace the existence of properties while avoiding universals [Moreland]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals
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Only individuals exist [Reid]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
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No one thinks two sheets possess a single whiteness, but all agree they are both white [Reid]
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Unlike Class Nominalism, Resemblance Nominalism can distinguish natural from unnatural classes [Moreland]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 3. Predicate Nominalism
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There can be predicates with no property, and there are properties with no predicate [Moreland]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism
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We should abandon the concept of a property since (unlike sets) their identity conditions are unclear [Moreland]
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