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All the ideas for 'Induction', 'Review: Meinong 'Untersuchungen zur..'' and ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 6. Logical Analysis
21546 We can't sharply distinguish variables, domains and values, if symbols frighten us [Russell]
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 / 4. Impossible objects
21531 Common sense agrees with Meinong (rather than Russell) that 'Pegasus is a flying horse' is true [Lackey on Russell]
21545 I prefer to deny round squares, and deal with the difficulties by the theory of denoting [Russell]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 8. Social Justification
8800 If you would deny a truth if you know the full evidence, then knowledge has social aspects [Harman, by Sosa]