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All the ideas for 'Lectures on Ethics', ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?' and 'Letters to William Molyneux'

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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 / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence
12812 Things have real essences, but we categorise them according to the ideas we receive [Locke]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
19739 The maxim for suicide is committed to the value of life, and is thus contradictory [Kant]