Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Idealism: a critical survey', 'Structure and Nature' and 'There are no ordinary things'

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6 ideas

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

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I apply structuralism to concrete and abstract objects indiscriminately [Quine]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 6. Physicalism

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My ontology is quarks etc., classes of such things, classes of such classes etc. [Quine]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

9052	Vague predicates lack application; there are no borderline cases; vague F is not F [Unger, by Keefe/Smith]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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There are no objects with proper parts; there are only mereological simples [Unger, by Wasserman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism

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We can no more expect a precise definition of coherence than we can of the moral ideal [Ewing]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique

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If undetailed, 'coherence' is just a vague words that covers all possible arguments [Ewing]