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Ideas for 'Thinking About Mathematics', 'On What There Is' and 'On Hippocrates and Plato'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals

1612	Realism, conceptualism and nominalism in medieval universals reappear in maths as logicism, intuitionism and formalism [Quine]
	Full Idea: The three medieval views on universals (realism, conceptualism and nominalism) reappear in the philosophy of maths as logicism, intuitionism and formalism.
	From: Willard Quine (On What There Is [1948], p.14)