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All the ideas for ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?st1=Michael Devitt', 'Philosophy' and 'The Logical Structure of the World (Aufbau)'

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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 / 7. Knowledge First

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Knowledge is beyond question, as an unavoidable component of thinking [Weil]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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Carnap tried to define all scientific predicates in terms of primitive relations, using type theory [Carnap, by Button]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / g. Conceptual atomism

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All concepts can be derived from a few basics, making possible one science of everything [Carnap, by Brody]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art

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Art (like philosophy) establishes a relation between world and self, and between oneself and others [Weil]