Combining Philosophers
Ideas for La Mettrie, Willard Quine and Martin Kusch
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals
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There is no entity called 'redness', and that some things are red is ultimate and irreducible [Quine]
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Commitment to universals is as arbitrary or pragmatic as the adoption of a new system of bookkeeping [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 3. Predicate Nominalism
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Quine has argued that predicates do not have any ontological commitment [Quine, by Armstrong]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 4. Concept Nominalism
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Understanding 'is square' is knowing when to apply it, not knowing some object [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism
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Quine aims to deal with properties by the use of eternal open sentences, or classes [Quine, by Devitt]
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Quine is committed to sets, but is more a Class Nominalist than a Platonist [Quine, by Macdonald,C]
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You only know an attribute if you know what things have it [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 6. Mereological Nominalism
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'Red' is a single concrete object in space-time; 'red' and 'drop' are parts of a red drop [Quine]
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Red is the largest red thing in the universe [Quine]
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