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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Of Miracles' and ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?'

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6 ideas

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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles

7636	It can't be more rational to believe in natural laws than miracles if the laws are not rational [Ishaq on Hume]