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Ideas for 'Saundaranandakavya', 'The Metaphysics of Causation' and 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study'

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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]
	Full Idea: Our knowledge of concreta is a posteriori, but our knowledge of numbers, at least, has often been considered a priori.
	From: Stephen Yablo (Abstract Objects: a Case Study [2002], 02)

10577	Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo]
	Full Idea: Objects like me have a few essential properties, and numerous accidental ones. Abstract objects are a different story. The intrinsic properties of the empty set are mostly essential. The relations of numbers are also mostly essential.
	From: Stephen Yablo (Abstract Objects: a Case Study [2002], 01)

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

10367	There is only one fact - the True [Schaffer,J]
	Full Idea: It can be argued that if all facts are logically equivalent, then there is only one fact - the True.
	From: Jonathan Schaffer (The Metaphysics of Causation [2007], 1.1)
	A reaction: [he cites Davidson's 'Causal Relations', who cites Frege] This is the sort of bizarre stuff you end up with if you start from formal logic and work out to the world, instead of vice versa.