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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?' and 'The Logic of Infinity'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / d. Predicativism
18203 Avoid non-predicative classifications and definitions [Poincaré]
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]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity
490 Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]