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All the ideas for 'works', 'The Nature of Possibility' and 'Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake?'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

6806	Do not multiply entities beyond necessity [William of Ockham]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

19489

For me, fictions are internally true, without a significant internal or external truth-value [Yablo]

19490

Make-believe can help us to reason about facts and scientific procedures [Yablo]

19491

'The clouds are angry' can only mean '...if one were attributing emotions to clouds' [Yablo]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 5. Universals as Concepts

22132

Species and genera are individual concepts which naturally signify many individuals [William of Ockham]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

11003

The best version of reductionist actualism around is Armstrong's combinatorial account [Armstrong, by Read]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / i. Denying time

19381

The past has ceased to exist, and the future does not yet exist, so time does not exist [William of Ockham]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / d. God decrees morality

8010	William of Ockham is the main spokesman for God's commands being the source of morality [William of Ockham]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

16679

Even an angel must have some location [William of Ockham, by Pasnau]