Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Richard Cumberland, David Lewis and L.A. Paul
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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I suspend judgements about universals, but their work must be done [Lewis]
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Universals recur, are multiply located, wholly present, make things overlap, and are held in common [Lewis]
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If particles were just made of universals, similar particles would be the same particle [Lewis]
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The main rivals to universals are resemblance or natural-class nominalism, or sparse trope theory [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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Physics aims to discover which universals actually exist [Lewis, by Moore,AW]
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Universals are meant to give an account of resemblance [Lewis]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 3. Instantiated Universals
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Universals aren't parts of things, because that relationship is transitive, and universals need not be [Lewis]
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