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3751 | Universals are acceptable if they are needed to make an accepted theory true [Quine, by Jacquette] |
Full Idea: Abstract entities (universals) are admitted to an ontology by Quine's criterion if they must be supposed to exist (or subsist) in order to make the propositions of an accepted theory true. | |
From: report of Willard Quine (works [1961]) by Dale Jacquette - Abstract Entity p.3 |