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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Does Emp.Knowledge have Foundation?' and 'Against 'Ostrich Nominalism''

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8 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]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / c. Empirical foundations

8793	If observation is knowledge, it is not just an experience; it is a justification in the space of reasons [Sellars]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / f. Foundationalism critique

8792	Observations like 'this is green' presuppose truths about what is a reliable symptom of what [Sellars]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / f. Theory theory of concepts

8791	The concept of 'green' involves a battery of other concepts [Sellars]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]