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All the ideas for 'Eliminative Materialism and Prop. Attitudes', 'Ordinatio' and 'Reply to Richards'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

22140

The greatest philosophers are methodical; it is what makes them great [Grice]

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]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism

4988	Folk psychology may not be reducible, but that doesn't make it false [Kirk,R on Churchland,PM]

4987	Eliminative materialism says folk psychology will be replaced, not reduced [Churchland,PM]

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]