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Ideas for 'Structures and Structuralism in Phil of Maths', 'Philosophy of Mathematics' and 'Reason, Truth and History'

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality

7611	Rationality is one part of our conception of human flourishing [Putnam]

18. Thought / C. Content / 5. Twin Earth

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'Water' on Twin Earth doesn't refer to water, but no mental difference can account for this [Putnam]

18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content

7612	Reference is social not individual, because we defer to experts when referring to elm trees [Putnam]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities

7613	Concepts are (at least in part) abilities and not occurrences [Putnam]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9611	'Abstract' nowadays means outside space and time, not concrete, not physical [Brown,JR]

9609	The older sense of 'abstract' is where 'redness' or 'group' is abstracted from particulars [Brown,JR]