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All the ideas for 'Scientific Realism', 'The Confessions' and 'Ordinatio'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

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Scientific properties are defined by the laws that embody them [Psillos, by Ladyman/Ross]

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]

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]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

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The nature of people is decided by the government and politics of their society [Rousseau]