Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Explaining the A Priori', 'Causality and Explanation' and 'Ordinatio'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals

9103	A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Salmon's mechanisms are processes and interactions, involving marks, or conserved quantities [Salmon, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts

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The concept 'red' is tied to what actually individuates red things [Peacocke]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

9104	A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham]