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All the ideas for 'Letters to Varignon', 'Resemblance Nominalism: a solution to universals' and 'Realism and Anti-Realism'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

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Metaphysical realists are committed to all unambiguous statements being true or not true [Dummett]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

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Entities are truthmakers for their resemblances, so no extra entities or 'resemblances' are needed [Rodriquez-Pereyra]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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Men are related to animals, which are related to plants, then to fossils, and then to the apparently inert [Leibniz]