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'Thinking About Mathematics', 'Properties' and 'The Republic'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 2. Need for Properties
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We accept properties because of type/tokens, reference, and quantification [Edwards]
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates
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Quineans say that predication is primitive and inexplicable [Edwards]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals
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The plurality of beautiful things must belong to a single class, because they have a single particular character [Plato]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
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Plato's Forms are said to have no location in space [Plato, by Aristotle]
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Forms are not universals, as they don't cover every general term [Plato, by Annas]
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Craftsmen making furniture refer to the form, but no one manufactures the form of furniture [Plato]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
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A Form applies to a set of particular things with the same name [Plato]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques
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Plato mistakenly thought forms were totally abstracted away from matter [Bacon on Plato]
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Plato's Forms not only do not come from the senses, but they are beyond possibility of sensing [Plato, by Kant]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
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Resemblance nominalism requires a second entity to explain 'the rose is crimson' [Edwards]
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