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All the ideas for 'Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science', 'Ordinatio' and 'Mind and Its Place in Nature'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals

9103	A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

7628	Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

15308

Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

9104	A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham]