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    It is not the case that The truth-makers of assertions predicating logical intentions are thoughts.

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    • 1.Logical intentions like 'species' and 'genus' track real structural features of the world, not merely mental classifications (Porphyry, Avicenna).
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    • 2.If universals have foundation in re, then assertions predicating them are made true by mind-independent structures, not thoughts alone.
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    • 3.A truth-maker theory grounded purely in mental existence cannot account for why logical predications constrain inference across minds.
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    • 1.Ockham's razor demands that positing mental existence as truth-maker is redundant if the singular things themselves suffice to ground predication.
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    • 2.For Ockham, 'Socrates is a species' is false or improper precisely because species-terms refer to mental acts, making such assertions fail rather than succeed via thought.
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    • 1.Assertions of the form 'S is P' involve the relevant mode of being of the significate of the predicate.
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    • 2.In assertions where logical intentions are predicated (e.g., belonging to a species or genus), the relevant mode of being of the predicate is mental existence.
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    • 3.If the relevant mode of being of a predicate is mental existence, then the truth-makers are thoughts.
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