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All the ideas for 'Issues of Pragmaticism', 'Review of Tait 'Provenance of Pure Reason'' and 'Is Hume's Principle analytic?'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX

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The old problems with the axiom of choice are probably better ascribed to the law of excluded middle [Parsons,C]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 8. Finitism

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If functions are transfinite objects, finitists can have no conception of them [Parsons,C]

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

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If a mathematical structure is rejected from a physical theory, it retains its mathematical status [Parsons,C]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

8693	An 'abstraction principle' says two things are identical if they are 'equivalent' in some respect [Boolos]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning

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The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce]