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18957 | Nominalism only makes sense if it is materialist [Putnam] |
Full Idea: Nominalists must at heart be materialists, or so it seems to me: otherwise their scruples are unintelligible. | |
From: Hilary Putnam (Philosophy of Logic [1971], Ch.5) | |
A reaction: This is modern nominalism - the rejection of abstract objects. I largely plead guilty to both charges. |