Ideas from 'Nominalism' by Zoltán Gendler Szabó [2003], by Theme Structure
[found in 'The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics' (ed/tr Loux,M /Zimmerman,D) [OUP 2005,0-19-928422-9]].
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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 3. Types of Set / c. Unit (Singleton) Sets
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What is a singleton set, if a set is meant to be a collection of objects?
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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Abstract entities don't depend on their concrete entities ...but maybe on the totality of concrete things
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind
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Geometrical circles cannot identify a circular paint patch, presumably because they lack something
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation
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Abstractions are imperceptible, non-causal, and non-spatiotemporal (the third explaining the others)
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