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Ideas for 'Extrinsic Properties', 'Treatise of Human Nature' and 'Nature's Metaphysics'

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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
Momentary impressions are wrongly identified with one another on the basis of resemblance [Hume, by Quine]
If we see a resemblance among objects, we apply the same name to them, despite their differences [Hume]
Resemblance itself needs explanation, presumably in terms of something held in common [Bird]