[MD] Philosophy and Abstraction

[Steven Peterson]

Hi Matt and DMB,

As I understand this debate,

1. DMB accused Matt of missing something important by not using the
vocabulary of radical empiricism.

2. Matt wondered what is gained from that vocabulary in arguing
against Platonism that can't be done using the vocabulary of
psychological nominalism.

3. DMB said that they are not the same thing.

4. Matt said he never said that they were. (DMB should see 2. again
because he missed the point.)

5. DMB finally got to the question and said that psychological
nominalism denies "immediate experience" and "pre-intellectual"
awareness.

But this doesn't really answer the question. Those are terms Matt
wouldn't want to use, but what do you get out of those terms that Matt
can't get out of his terms?

Best,
Steve