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Ideas for 'Conditionals', 'Sets and Numbers' and 'Introduction of 'Essence of Christianity''

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 7. Natural Sets

17824	The master science is physical objects divided into sets [Maddy]
	Full Idea: The master science can be thought of as the theory of sets with the entire range of physical objects as ur-elements.
	From: Penelope Maddy (Sets and Numbers [1981], II)
	A reaction: This sounds like Quine's view, since we have to add sets to our naturalistic ontology of objects. It seems to involve unrestricted mereology to create normal objects.