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All the ideas for 'The Epistemology of Modality', 'Against 'Ostrich Nominalism'' and 'Hippocrates of Cos on the mind'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
8507 Some think of reality as made of things; I prefer facts or states of affairs [Armstrong]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
8506 Particulars and properties are distinguishable, but too close to speak of a relation [Armstrong]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism
8505 Refusal to explain why different tokens are of the same type is to be an ostrich [Armstrong]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible
19440 How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind
23217 All of our happiness and misery arises entirely from the brain [Hippocrates]