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All the ideas for 'Life of Pythagoras', 'Causal Connections' and 'Against 'Ostrich Nominalism''

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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
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
8505 Refusal to explain why different tokens are of the same type is to be an ostrich [Armstrong]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata
4784 Salmon says processes rather than events should be basic in a theory of physical causation [Salmon, by Psillos]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
1515 Pythagoreans believe it is absurd to seek for goodness anywhere except with the gods [Iamblichus]