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'Thinking About Mathematics', 'Abstract Objects' and 'Platonistic Theories of Universals'
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Realists take universals to be the referrents of both adjectives and of nouns [Hale]
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If F can't have location, there is no problem of things having F in different locations [Hale]
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It is doubtful if one entity, a universal, can be picked out by both predicates and abstract nouns [Hale]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
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'There are shapes which are never exemplified' is the toughest example for nominalists [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism
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Nominalists are motivated by Ockham's Razor and a distrust of unobservables [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta
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Objections to Frege: abstracta are unknowable, non-independent, unstatable, unindividuated [Hale]
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