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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / b. Type theory

6409	The 'simple theory of types' distinguishes levels among properties [Ramsey, by Grayling]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / a. Essence as necessary properties

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Essentialism says some of a thing's properties are necessary, and could not be absent [Cartwright,R]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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The difficulty in essentialism is deciding the grounds for rating an attribute as essential [Cartwright,R]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Essentialism is said to be unintelligible, because relative, if necessary truths are all analytic [Cartwright,R]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity

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An act of ostension doesn't seem to need a 'sort' of thing, even of a very broad kind [Cartwright,R]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3212	Beliefs are maps by which we steer [Ramsey]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]