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Ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Realism, Mathematics and Modality' and 'De Legibus Naturae'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism
Mathematics is both necessary and a priori because it really consists of logical truths [Yablo]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 9. Fictional Mathematics
Fictionalists say 2+2=4 is true in the way that 'Oliver Twist lived in London' is true [Field,H]
Putting numbers in quantifiable position (rather than many quantifiers) makes expression easier [Yablo]