Combining Philosophers

Ideas for George Boolos, Galen Strawson and Stephen Yablo

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

10578

We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori [Yablo]

10577

Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

19489

For me, fictions are internally true, without a significant internal or external truth-value [Yablo]

19490

Make-believe can help us to reason about facts and scientific procedures [Yablo]

19491

'The clouds are angry' can only mean '...if one were attributing emotions to clouds' [Yablo]

8864	We quantify over events, worlds, etc. in order to make logical possibilities clearer [Yablo]

19494

Fictionalism allows that simulated beliefs may be tracking real facts [Yablo]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / b. Commitment of quantifiers

10700

First- and second-order quantifiers are two ways of referring to the same things [Boolos]