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'fragments/reports', 'New system of communication of substances' and ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?'
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz]
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I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Realism doesn't explain 'a is F' any further by saying it is 'a has F-ness' [Devitt]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals
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The particular/universal distinction is unhelpful clutter; we should accept 'a is F' as basic [Devitt]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta
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Quineans take predication about objects as basic, not reference to properties they may have [Devitt]
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