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All the ideas for 'Identity and Spatio-Temporal Continuity', 'Primary Truths' and ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals

8502	Realism doesn't explain 'a is F' any further by saying it is 'a has F-ness' [Devitt]

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

8503	The particular/universal distinction is unhelpful clutter; we should accept 'a is F' as basic [Devitt]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta

8501	Quineans take predication about objects as basic, not reference to properties they may have [Devitt]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / e. Individuation by kind

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'Ultimate sortals' cannot explain ontological categories [Westerhoff on Wiggins]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 4. A Priori as Necessities

9155	An a priori proof is independent of experience [Leibniz]