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The dedication is not to be taken as implying that Sellars is a Tractarian Nominalist; this note is not to be taken as implying that he is not.
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Skyrms, B. Tractarian nominalism. Philosophical Studies 40, 199–206 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353791
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