Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Eurytus, Goodman,N/Quine,W and Elliott Sober

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

9558	All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober]

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

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We renounce all abstract entities [Goodman/Quine]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 1. Biology

651	Eurytus showed that numbers underlie things by making pictures of creatures out of pebbles [Eurytus, by Aristotle]