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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Statements about Universals' and 'Scientific Explanation and the Causal Structure of the World'

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 4. Uninstantiated Universals
8499 Nominalists cannot translate 'red resembles pink more than blue' into particulars [Jackson]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
8500 Colour resemblance isn't just resemblance between things; 'colour' must be mentioned [Jackson]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism
17093 Causation produces productive mechanisms; to understand the world, understand these mechanisms [Salmon]
17492 Salmon's interaction mechanisms needn't be regular, or involving any systems [Glennan on Salmon]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue
467 A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck [Ion]