Lexicon of Arguments

 

XII 44
Platonic Idea/Quine: is not the same as a mental idea.
>Ideas/Quine.
XI 136
Mathematics/QuineVsHilbert/Lauener: is more than just syntax. Quine reluctantly professes Platonism.
XI 155
CarnapVsPlatonism/CarnapVsNominalism: is a metaphysical pseudo discussion. Solution: it is about choosing a language.
>Language/Quine.
VII(f) 125
Conceptualism VsPlatonism/Quine: treats classes as constructions, not as discoveries.
Problem: Poincaré's impredicative definition:
Def Impredicative Definition/Poincaré/Quine: the specification of a class by a realm of objects within which this class is located.
>Classes/Quine.
VII (f) 126
Classes/Platonism/Quine: when classes are considered pre-existing, there is no objection to picking one of them by a move that presupposes their existence.
Classes/Conceptualism/Quine: for him, however, classes only exist if they originate from an ordered origin. Of course, this should not be interpreted in terms of time.
VII (f) 127
Platonism/Conceptualism/Quine: both allow universals and classes as irreducible.
Conceptualism: allows fewer classes. But rests on a rather metaphorical reason: "Origin".
>Conceptualism/Quine.
V 126
Platonism/Quine: is opened by form words, not by color words! Reason: a union of color spots has the same color, but a union of spots of a certain shape does not necessarily have the same shape.