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'On Body and Force, Against the Cartesians', 'Universals' and 'Freedom of the Will and concept of a person'
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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One realism is one-over-many, which may be the model/copy view, which has the Third Man problem [Moreland]
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Realists see properties as universals, which are single abstract entities which are multiply exemplifiable [Moreland]
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If properties are universals, what distinguishes two things which have identical properties? [Moreland]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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The traditional problem of universals centres on the "One over Many", which is the unity of natural classes [Moreland]
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Evidence for universals can be found in language, communication, natural laws, classification and ideals [Moreland]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 3. Instantiated Universals
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The One-In-Many view says universals have abstract existence, but exist in particulars [Moreland]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
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How could 'being even', or 'being a father', or a musical interval, exist naturally in space? [Moreland]
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Maybe universals are real, if properties themselves have properties, and relate to other properties [Moreland]
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A naturalist and realist about universals is forced to say redness can be both moving and stationary [Moreland]
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There are spatial facts about red particulars, but not about redness itself [Moreland]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
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Redness is independent of red things, can do without them, has its own properties, and has identity [Moreland]
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