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Ideas for 'Frege philosophy of mathematics', 'Mind and Body' and 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction

4986	A weaker kind of reductionism than direct translation is the use of 'bridge laws' [Kirk,R]

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

9884	The distinction of concrete/abstract, or actual/non-actual, is a scale, not a dichotomy [Dummett]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

9869	Realism is just the application of two-valued semantics to sentences [Dummett]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

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Quine is hopeless circular, deriving ontology from what is literal, and 'literal' from good ontology [Yablo on Quine]