thing you said in the two paragraph 'in the first version ...'
&gt;&gt; and 'in the second version ...'  I think that it is good but that
&gt;&gt; is also a sort of reductionism.
&gt;
&gt;Yes, it can become that if one is not careful and flexible.
&gt;Here is my attitude.  I think that a kind of "heuristically"
&gt;nominal or reductive position is actually a good way to start,
&gt;and I imagine that this is probably what Ockham, as a sensible
&gt;person, was probably driving at.  And I have seen nothing yet