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All the ideas for 'Universals', 'Attack Upon Christendom' and 'Against 'Ostrich Nominalism''

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7 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
8495 The distinction between particulars and universals is a mistake made because of language [Ramsey]
8493 We could make universals collections of particulars, or particulars collections of their qualities [Ramsey]
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
8494 Obviously 'Socrates is wise' and 'Socrates has wisdom' express the same fact [Ramsey]
8505 Refusal to explain why different tokens are of the same type is to be an ostrich [Armstrong]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy
16009 When we seek our own 'freedom' we are just trying to avoid responsibility [Kierkegaard]