On Feb 10, 2009, at 5:55 PM, Christopher Menzel wrote: (01)
> On Feb 10, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Pat Hayes wrote:
>> ...
>> Quine was a strict nominalist.
>
> Not that it matters to your main point here, but it sort of depends on
> what you mean by a nominalist. If you mean someone who rejects the
> existence of classic intensional universals like Wisdom and Redness,
> then yes, Quine was a nominalist. If, however, you mean someone who
> rejects the existence of all abstract entities across the board, then
> Quine was no nominalist, as he argued that quantification over
> mathematical objects (specifically, sets) is indispensable to science. (02)
But he also argued against admitting 'possible but unreal' entities. I
remember his withering question: how many possible men are standing in
an empty doorway? (03)
Pat (04)
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> -chris
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