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All the ideas for 'The Inference to the Best Explanation', 'Wang's Paradox' and 'There Are No Abstract Objects'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality

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To say reality itself is vague is not properly intelligible [Dummett]

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

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Call 'nominalism' the denial of numbers, properties, relations and sets [Dorr]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism

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Natural Class Nominalism says there are primitive classes of things resembling in one respect [Dorr]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

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Abstracta imply non-logical brute necessities, so only nominalists can deny such things [Dorr]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / a. Best explanation

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Best Explanation is the core notion of epistemology [Harman, by Smart]