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Ideas for 'The Statesman', ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?' and 'Meinong on Complexes and Assumptions'

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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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The only thing we can say about relations is that they relate [Russell]

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Relational propositions seem to be 'about' their terms, rather than about the relation [Russell]

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

8502	Realism doesn't explain 'a is F' any further by saying it is 'a has F-ness' [Devitt]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals

8503	The particular/universal distinction is unhelpful clutter; we should accept 'a is F' as basic [Devitt]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta

8501	Quineans take predication about objects as basic, not reference to properties they may have [Devitt]