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All the ideas for ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?st1=Michael Devitt', 'Opus Maius (major works)' and 'On Wisdom'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
19396 Wisdom is knowing all of the sciences, and their application [Leibniz]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
8502 Realism doesn't explain 'a is F' any further by saying it is 'a has F-ness' [Devitt]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals
8503 The particular/universal distinction is unhelpful clutter; we should accept 'a is F' as basic [Devitt]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta
8501 Quineans take predication about objects as basic, not reference to properties they may have [Devitt]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge
19397 Perfect knowledge implies complete explanations and perfect prediction [Leibniz]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences
16745 No one even knows the nature and properties of a fly - why it has that colour, or so many feet [Bacon,R]