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'works', 'Identity, Ostension, and Hypostasis' and 'Identity in Substances and True Propositions'
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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 3. Structural Relations
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Plato's idea of 'structure' tends to be mathematically expressed [Plato, by Koslicki]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
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Plato's Forms meant that the sophists only taught the appearance of wisdom and virtue [Plato, by Nehamas]
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When Diogenes said he could only see objects but not their forms, Plato said it was because he had eyes but no intellect [Plato, by Diog. Laertius]
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Platonists argue for the indivisible triangle-in-itself [Plato, by Aristotle]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
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If there is one Form for both the Form and its participants, they must have something in common [Aristotle on Plato]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / c. Self-predication
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If gods are like men, they are just eternal men; similarly, Forms must differ from particulars [Aristotle on Plato]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques
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A Form is a cause of things only in the way that white mixed with white is a cause [Aristotle on Plato]
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The Forms cannot be changeless if they are in changing things [Aristotle on Plato]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 4. Concept Nominalism
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Understanding 'is square' is knowing when to apply it, not knowing some object [Quine]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 6. Mereological Nominalism
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'Red' is a single concrete object in space-time; 'red' and 'drop' are parts of a red drop [Quine]
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Red is the largest red thing in the universe [Quine]
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