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All the ideas for 'Frege's Theory of Numbers', 'Epistemic and Metaphysical Possibility' and 'Mathematical Logic (revised)'

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

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'Corner quotes' (quasi-quotation) designate 'whatever these terms designate' [Quine]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / f. Names eliminated

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We might do without names, by converting them into predicates [Quine, by Kirkham]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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Parsons says counting is tagging as first, second, third..., and converting the last to a cardinal [Parsons,C, by Heck]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

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Logical necessity is epistemic necessity, which is the old notion of a priori [Edgington, by McFetridge]