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'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity'', 'On What There Is' and 'Moral Beliefs'
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Realism, conceptualism and nominalism in medieval universals reappear in maths as logicism, intuitionism and formalism [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
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Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
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Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals
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There is no entity called 'redness', and that some things are red is ultimate and irreducible [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 3. Predicate Nominalism
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Quine has argued that predicates do not have any ontological commitment [Quine, by Armstrong]
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