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    It is not the case that The One Over Many argument alone does not motivate platonism about properties

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    • 1.The One Over Many argument argues only that properties exist, not that properties are abstract objects
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    • 2.To motivate platonism one would need additional reasons to think properties are neither mental ideas nor immanent physical properties
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    • 1.Armstrong's immanent realism and Aristotelian in-re universals satisfy the One Over Many argument without positing abstract objects.
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    • 2.If a non-platonist ontology can ground predicate unity, the One Over Many argument underdetermines the platonist conclusion.
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    • 3.Underdetermination of ontological category means the argument motivates realism about properties generally, not platonism specifically.
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    • 1.Conceptualist responses, such as those developed by Kant and elaborated by Strawson, locate property-grounding in structured mental concepts.
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    • 2.If conceptualism successfully explains why 'Socrates and Plato are both human' is true, the One Over Many argument is satisfied without abstract objects.
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    • 3.An argument that admits multiple competing solutions cannot, by itself, uniquely motivate any single solution like platonism.
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