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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Deriving Kripkean Claims with Abstract Objects' and 'Universals'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
8495 The distinction between particulars and universals is a mistake made because of language [Ramsey]
8493 We could make universals collections of particulars, or particulars collections of their qualities [Ramsey]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism
8494 Obviously 'Socrates is wise' and 'Socrates has wisdom' express the same fact [Ramsey]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta
10558 Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
10557 Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
7903 The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]