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Alexander (Ronald) Consciousness and the Self Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Alexander (Ronald) The Supervenient Self and Its Relationship to Tropes Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Anscombe (G.E.M.) Aristotle and the Sea Battle Paper Low Quality Abstract   Yes
Armstrong (David) Acceptance of Conjunctive Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Armstrong (David) Higher-Order Relations Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Armstrong (David) In Conclusion (Universals and Scientific Realism Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals) Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4 Yes
Armstrong (David) Introduction to Universals and Scientific Realism Vol. 1 (Nominalism and Realism) Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 Yes
Armstrong (David) Laws of nature as relations between universals Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5  
Armstrong (David) Metaphysics and Supervenience Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Armstrong (David) Particulars and Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Armstrong (David) Properties Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Armstrong (David) Properties and Relations as Particulars Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Armstrong (David) Rejection of Disjunctive and Negative Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Armstrong (David) Relations Between Predicates and Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3  
Armstrong (David) The Argument of Universals and Scientific Realism Vol. 1 (Nominalism and Realism) Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Yes
Armstrong (David) The Argument of Universals and Scientific Realism Vol. 2 (A Theory of Universals) Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Yes
Armstrong (David) The Identification of Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Armstrong (David) The Resemblance of Universals (I): Criticism of Received Accounts Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  
Armstrong (David) The Resemblance of Universals (II): A New Account Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Armstrong (David) Transcendent Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Armstrong (David) Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism) Book Low Quality Abstract 2, 3  
Armstrong (David) Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals) Book Low Quality Abstract 2, 3  
Armstrong (David) Universals as Attributes Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  
Armstrong (David) What is a Law of Nature? Book Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Armstrong (David) What is a Law of Nature? Conclusions Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Yes
Aune (Bruce) Metaphysics: The Elements Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Aune (Bruce) Universals and Particulars Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Ayers (Michael R.) Locke (Vol 1 - Epistemology) Book Low Quality Abstract    
Bacon (John), Campbell (Keith) & Reinhardt (Lloyd) Ontology, Causality and Mind Book Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Bacon (John), Campbell (Keith) & Reinhardt (Lloyd) Ontology, Causality and Mind: Preface Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Yes
Barker (Stephen) & Dowe (Phil) Paradoxes of multi-location Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Bealer (George) Self-Consciousness Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Bealer (George) Universals and Properties Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Beebee (Helen) & Rush (Michael) Non-paradoxical multi-location Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Benjamin (Andrew) Perception, Judgment and Individuation: Towards a Metaphysics of Particularity Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Bird (Alexander) & Tobin (Emma) Natural Kinds Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5  
Butchvarov (Panayot) Being Qua Being: Introduction Paper High Quality Abstract 2 Yes
Campbell (Keith) The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Carter (William) Substance Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Casullo (Albert) Particulars, Substrata and the Identity of Indiscernibles Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Casullo (Albert) The Contingent Identity of Particulars and Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Cohen (L. Jonathan) Laws, Coincidences and Relations Between Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Comrie (Bernard) Linguistic Typology Paper Low Quality Abstract   Yes
Cook (Robert R.) God, Time and Freedom Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Crystal (David) The Structure of Language Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Dawkins (Richard) Selfish Genes and Selfish Memes Paper Low Quality Abstract   Yes
Denkel (Arda) Resemblance Cannot be Partial Identity Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Dilman (Ilham) Universals: Bambrough on Wittgenstein Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Doyle (Robert O.) N/A Author Medium Quality Abstract    
Earl (Dennis) Concepts and Properties Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Eco (Umberto) The Name of the Rose Book Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Ellis (Brian) Universals, the Essential Problem and Categorical Properties Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Fine (Gail) On Ideas - Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms Book High Quality Abstract 2, 3  
Fine (Gail) On Ideas - Introduction Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  
Fine (Gail) Platonic Questions Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3 Yes
Fine (Gail) The Argument from Relatives Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Fine (Gail) The Arguments from the Sciences: Forms and Knowledge Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Funkhouser (Eric) Metaphysics, Spring 2014 Book Medium Quality Abstract    
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Funkhouser (Eric) Notes on Campbell, 'The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars' Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Funkhouser (Eric) Notes on Lewis, 'New Work for a Theory of Universals' Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Geisler (Norman) & Corduan (Winfried) Ontological Arguments Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Gilmore (Cody) In Defence of Spatially Related Universals Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3  
Gilmore (Cody) Location and Mereology Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Grünberg (David) Three Basic Ontological Relations Concerning the Physical Realm Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Haldane (John) Naturalism and Mind Paper High Quality Abstract 2 Yes
Hamlyn (D.W.) Metaphysics Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Hamlyn (D.W.) Particular and General Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Hanley (Richard) The Metaphysics of Star Trek Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Hartshorne (Charles) The Necessarily Existent Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5 Yes
Hawley (Katherine) David Lewis on Persistence Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Hawley (Katherine) Mereology, Modality and Magic Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11  
Hawley (Katherine) & Bird (Alexander) What are Natural Kinds? Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10  
Hawthorne (John) & Sider (Ted) Locations Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Heil (John) Imperfect Similarity Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3  
Hintikka (Jaakko) The Semantics of Modal Notions and the Indeterminacy of Ontology Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Hofmann (Frank) Substrate Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Hollis (Martin) & Lukes (Steven) Rationality and Relativism Book Low Quality Abstract    
Hospers (John) An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis - Second Edition Book Low Quality Abstract    
Hospers (John) An Introduction to Philosophical Analysis - Second Edition Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Jackson (Frank) Statements About Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Kurtz (Roxanne) Introduction to Persistence: What’s the Problem? Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Ladyman (James) Mathematical structuralism and the Identity of Indiscernibles Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Laurence (Stephen) & Macdonald (Cynthia), Eds. Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics Book Low Quality Abstract    
Lewis (David) New Work for a Theory of Universals Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14  
Lewis (David) Noneism or Allism? Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Lewis (David) On the Plurality of Worlds (Selections) Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3 Yes
Lewis (David) Philosophical Papers Volume II: Introduction Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4 Yes
Lewis (David) The Problem of Temporary Intrinsics Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3 Yes
Loux (Michael) Concrete Particulars I: Substrata, Bundles, and Substances Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Loux (Michael) Metaphysics - A Contemporary Introduction Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Loux (Michael) The Problem of Universals I: Metaphysical Realism Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  
Loux (Michael) The Problem of Universals II: Nominalism Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Loux (Michael), Ed. Metaphysics - Contemporary Readings Book Low Quality Abstract    
Lowe (E.J.) A Survey of Metaphysics Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Lowe (E.J.) Abstract Entities Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Lowe (E.J.) Matter and Form Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Lowe (E.J.) More Kinds of Being: Preface Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3 Yes
MacBride (Fraser) The Particular-Universal Distinction: A Dogma of Metaphysics? Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5  
MacBride (Fraser) What constitutes the numerical diversity of mathematical objects? Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Mackie (J.L.) Abstract Ideas and Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Mackie (J.L.) Problems from Locke Book Low Quality Abstract    
Markosian (Ned) What are Physical Objects? Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Maudlin (Tim) The Metaphysics Within Physics Paper High Quality Abstract    
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Maudlin (Tim) The Metaphysics Within Physics Paper High Quality Abstract    
Maudlin (Tim) The Metaphysics Within Physics Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Maurin (Anna-Sofia) Same But Different Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Mellor (D.H.) & Oliver (Alex) Properties : Introduction Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Merricks (Trenton) Objects & Persons: Preface Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Moreland (J.P.) The Problem(s) of Universals Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3 Yes
Moreland (J.P.) Universals Book Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Nuttall (Anthony) Personality and Poetry Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
O'Leary-Hawthorne (John) & Cover (J.A.) A World of Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Olson (Eric) Review of Lowe's 'The Possibility of Metaphysics' Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Olson (Eric) What Are We? Bundles Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Olson (Eric) What Are We? The Question Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Omnes (Roland) Quantum Philosophy - Understanding and Interpreting Contemporary Science Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Pap (Arthur) Nominalism, Empiricism and Universals - I Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5  
Pap (Arthur) Nominalism, Empiricism and Universals - II Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Paul (L.A.) Logical Parts Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Peacocke (Arthur) & Gillett (Grant) Persons and Personality: Introduction Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Plantinga (Alvin) Things and Persons Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3  
Quine (W.V.) From a Logical Point of View Book Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Quine (W.V.) On What There Is Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3 Yes
Quine (W.V.) Review of Milton Munitz's 'Identity and Individuation' Paper Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Quinton (Anthony) Essence Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Quinton (Anthony) The Nature of Things Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Reid (Thomas), Woozley (A.D.), Ed. Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man Book Low Quality Abstract    
Rescher (Nicholas) Process Metaphysics: An Introduction to Process Philosophy Book Medium Quality Abstract    
Rey (Georges) Meta-atheism: Religious Avowal as Self-Deception Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Rorty (Richard) The Invention of the Mind Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Rosen (Gideon) The Limits of Contingency Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3  
Russell (Bertrand) The Problems of Philosophy Book Medium Quality Abstract 2 Yes
Shapiro (Stewart) Structure and Identity Paper High Quality Abstract    
Shoemaker (David) Personal Identity and Immortality Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Sider (Ted) Bare Particulars Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Sider (Ted) Naturalness, Intrinsicality, and Duplication Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Sider (Ted) Sparseness, Immanence, and Naturalness Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  
Sider (Ted) Tooley’s Solution to the Inference Problem Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Sklar (Lawrence) Naturalism and the Interpretation of Theories Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Smith (Barry C.), Broks (Paul), Kennedy (A.L.) & Evans (Jules) Audio: What Does It Mean to Be Me? Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Sprigge (Timothy L.S.) Internal and External Properties Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Sprigge (Timothy L.S.) Personal and Impersonal Identity: A Reply to Oderberg Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Strawson (Peter) The Category Criterion Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Strawson (Peter) The Distinction Between Particulars and Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Strawson (Peter) The Introduction of Particulars Into Discourse Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Strawson (Peter) Universals Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Summerford (James) Neither Universals Nor Nominalism. Kinds and the Problem of Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract 2  
Taylor (A.E.) The Faith of a Moralist, Volume 2 Book High Quality Abstract    
Teichman (Jenny) Three Kinds of Realism About Universals Paper Low Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4  
Todman (Theo) Thesis - Chapter 04 (Basic Metaphysical Issues) Paper Medium Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Yes
Todman (Theo) Thesis - Chapter 05 (Persistence and Time) Paper Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Todman (Theo) Thesis - Chapter 06 (Animalism and Arguments for It) Paper Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Todman (Theo) Thesis - Current Position Paper Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Todman (Theo) Thesis - Evolution Paper Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Todman (Theo) Thesis - Partial Identity Paper Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Todman (Theo) Thesis - Properties Paper Medium Quality Abstract   Yes
Tooley (Michael) The Nature of Laws Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Vallicella (William F.) Bundles and Indiscernibility: A Reply to O’Leary-Hawthorne Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Van Inwagen (Peter) Composition As Identity Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Van Inwagen (Peter) Metaphysics Book Medium Quality Abstract 2  
Van Inwagen (Peter) Necessary Being: the Ontological Argument Paper High Quality Abstract 2, 3, 4 Yes
Van Inwagen (Peter) & Zimmerman (Dean) Metaphysics: The Big Questions - Preface Paper High Quality Abstract 2 Yes
Van Inwagen (Peter) & Zimmerman (Dean) What Is Metaphysics? Paper Low Quality Abstract    
Wallace (Robert M.) The Genesis of the Copernican World: Translator's Introduction Paper High Quality Abstract   Yes
Williams (Christopher) Being, Ontology, and Reality Paper Medium Quality Abstract    
Williams (Donald C.) On the Elements of Being: I Paper Medium Quality Abstract    



References & Reading List

Author Title Medium Source Read?
Anscombe (G.E.M.) Aristotle and the Sea Battle Paper - Cited Low Quality Abstract Mind, 65 (1956). Original from … Revised version from "From Parmenides to Wittgenstein. Collected Papers, Vol. 1" Yes
Armstrong (David) A World-Hypothesis Paper - By Subtopic Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 12 No
Armstrong (David) Acceptance of Conjunctive Universals Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 15 No
Armstrong (David) Are Particulars Reducible to Universals Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 9 No
Armstrong (David) Arguments for Realism Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 6 No
Armstrong (David) Class Nominalism Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 4 No
Armstrong (David) Concept Nominalism Paper - By Subtopic Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 3 No
Armstrong (David) Different Semantic Correlations Between Predicates and Universals Paper - By Subtopic Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 17 No
Armstrong (David) Higher-Order Properties Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 23 No
Armstrong (David) Higher-Order Relations Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 24 No
Armstrong (David) In Conclusion (Universals and Scientific Realism Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals) Paper - Cited High Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978 Yes
Armstrong (David) Introduction to Universals and Scientific Realism Vol. 1 (Nominalism and Realism) Paper - By Subtopic High Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977 Yes
Armstrong (David) Particulars and Universals Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 11 No
Armstrong (David) Predicate Nominalism Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 2 No
Armstrong (David) Predicates Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 1 No
Armstrong (David) Properties Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 18 No
Armstrong (David) Properties and Relations as Particulars Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 8 No
Armstrong (David) Rejection of Disjunctive and Negative Universals Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 14 No
Armstrong (David) Relations Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 19 No
Armstrong (David) Relations Between Predicates and Universals Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 13 No
Armstrong (David) Reply to D.H. Mellor's 'Properties and Predicates' Paper - By Subtopic Bacon, Campbell & Reinhardt - Ontology, Causality and Mind No
Armstrong (David) Reply to John Bigelow's 'Sets are haecceities' Paper - By Subtopic Bacon, Campbell & Reinhardt - Ontology, Causality and Mind No
Armstrong (David) Reply to Peter Forrest's 'Just like quarks? The status of repeatables' Paper - By Subtopic Bacon, Campbell & Reinhardt - Ontology, Causality and Mind No
Armstrong (David) Resemblance Nominalism Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 5 No
Armstrong (David) The Argument of Universals and Scientific Realism Vol. 1 (Nominalism and Realism) Paper - By Subtopic High Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978 Yes
Armstrong (David) The Argument of Universals and Scientific Realism Vol. 2 (A Theory of Universals) Paper - By Subtopic High Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977 Yes
Armstrong (David) The Identification of Universals Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 16 No
Armstrong (David) The Lockean Account of Particulars Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 10 No
Armstrong (David) The Resemblance of Particulars Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 20 No
Armstrong (David) The Resemblance of Universals (I): Criticism of Received Accounts Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 21 No
Armstrong (David) The Resemblance of Universals (II): A New Account Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals), 1978, Chapter 22 No
Armstrong (David) Transcendent Universals Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Armstrong - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism), 1977, Chapter 7 No
Armstrong (David) Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism) Book - Cited Low Quality Abstract Armstrong (David) - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 1: Nominalism and Realism) 6%
Armstrong (David) Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals) Book - Cited Low Quality Abstract Armstrong (David) - Universals and Scientific Realism (Vol. 2: A Theory of Universals) 4%
Armstrong (David) Universals as Attributes Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Loux - Metaphysics - Contemporary Readings 12%
Aune (Bruce) Linguistic Arguments for Abstracta Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Aune (Bruce) - Metaphysics: The Elements, Chapter 4 6%
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Aune (Bruce) Metaphysics: The Elements Book - Cited (via Paper Cited) Medium Quality Abstract Bibliographical details to be supplied 4%
Aune (Bruce) Universals and Particulars Paper - Cited Low Quality Abstract Aune (Bruce) - Metaphysics: The Elements, Chapter 3 6%
Azzouni (Jody) Applied Mathematics and Ontology Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Azzoumi - Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004, Chapter 9 No
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Azzouni (Jody) Circumventing Commitment to Truth despite Empirical Indispensability Paper - By Subtopic Medium Quality Abstract Azzoumi - Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004, Chapter 2 No
Azzouni (Jody) Criteria for the Ontological Commitments of Discourse Paper - By Subtopic Medium Quality Abstract Azzoumi - Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004, Chapter 3 No
Azzouni (Jody) Criteria for What Exists Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Azzoumi - Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004, Chapter 4 No
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Azzouni (Jody) Deflating Existential Consequence: Conclusion Paper - By Subtopic Azzoumi - Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004, Conclusion No
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Azzouni (Jody) Ontological Commitment and the Vernacular: Some Warnings Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Azzoumi - Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004, Chapter 5 No
Azzouni (Jody) Posits and Existence Paper - By Subtopic Medium Quality Abstract Azzoumi - Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004, Chapter 7 No
Azzouni (Jody) Posits and the Epistemic Burdens They Bear Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Azzoumi - Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004, Chapter 6 No
Azzouni (Jody) Why Empirically Indispensable Mathematical Doctrine and (Some) Scientific Law Must Be Taken as True: Preliminary Considerations Paper - By Subtopic Medium Quality Abstract Azzoumi - Deflating Existential Consequence: A Case for Nominalism, 2004, Chapter 1 No
Bacon (John), Campbell (Keith) & Reinhardt (Lloyd) Ontology, Causality and Mind Book - By Subtopic (via Paper By Subtopic) Medium Quality Abstract Bacon (John), Campbell (Keith) & Reinhardt (Lloyd) - Ontology, Causality and Mind 4%
Baillie (James) Problems in Personal Identity Book - Cited (via Paper Cited) Medium Quality Abstract Bibliographical details to be supplied 45%
Baillie (James) What Am I? Paper - Cited High Quality Abstract Baillie (James) - Problems in Personal Identity, 1993, Chapter 4 Yes
Baker (Lynne Rudder) Response to Eric Olson Paper - Cited High Quality Abstract Abstracta Special Issue I – 2008 (Brazil) Yes
Bealer (George) Universals and Properties Paper - Cited Medium Quality Abstract Laurence & Macdonald - Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics No
Bigelow (John) Sets are haecceities Paper - By Subtopic Bacon, Campbell & Reinhardt - Ontology, Causality and Mind No
Bigelow (John) & Pargetter (Robert) A Theory of Structural Universals Paper - By Subtopic Laurence & Macdonald - Contemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics No
Brown (Donald E.) Human Universals (Extract) Paper - By Subtopic Marcus (G.) - The Norton Psychology Reader, Chapter 15 ("Culture") No
Butchvarov (Panayot) Being Qua Being Book - Cited (via Paper Cited) Low Quality Abstract Bibliographical details to be supplied 3%
Butchvarov (Panayot) Being Qua Being: Introduction Paper - Cited High Quality Abstract Butchvarov - Being Qua Being, 1979, Introduction Yes
Campbell (Keith) The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars Paper - By Subtopic Medium Quality Abstract Mellor & Oliver - Properties - Oxford Readings 12%
Carter (William) Substance Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Carter - The Elements of Metaphysics, 1990, Chapter 4 No
Carter (William) The Elements of Metaphysics Book - By Subtopic (via Paper By Subtopic) High Quality Abstract Carter (William) - The Elements of Metaphysics No
Crane (Tim) Metaphysics: Universals Paper - By Subtopic Grayling - Philosophy 1 - A Guide Through the Subject, 1998, Chapter 4 (part) No
Crane (Tim) & Farkas (Katalin) Universals and Particulars: Introduction Paper - By Subtopic Low Quality Abstract Crane and Farkas - Metaphysics - a guide and anthology, 2004, pp. 217-226 Yes
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Doyle (Robert O.) Abstract Entities Paper - By Subtopic Personal Website No
Ellis (Brian) Universals, the Essential Problem and Categorical Properties Paper - By Subtopic Medium Quality Abstract Ratio 18.4, December 2005, pp. 462-472(11) No
Fine (Gail) On Ideas - Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms Book - By Subtopic (via Paper By Subtopic) High Quality Abstract Fine (Gail) - On Ideas - Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms 11%
Fine (Gail) The Arguments from the Sciences: Forms and Knowledge Paper - By Subtopic Medium Quality Abstract Fine - On Ideas - Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms, 1993, Chapter 5 No
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