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All the ideas for 'Frege's Theory of Numbers', 'Varieties of Causation' and 'Barcan Formulae'

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6 ideas

4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 7. Barcan Formula
15380 Barcan:nothing comes into existence; Converse:nothing goes out; Both:domain is unchanging [Vervloesem]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
17447 Parsons says counting is tagging as first, second, third..., and converting the last to a cardinal [Parsons,C, by Heck]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 12. Essential Parts
8443 Mereological essentialism says an entity must have exactly those parts [Sosa]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation
8442 What law would explain causation in the case of causing a table to come into existence? [Sosa]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
8445 The necessitated is not always a result or consequence of the necessitator [Sosa]
8444 Where is the necessary causation in the three people being tall making everybody tall? [Sosa]