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All the ideas for 'There Are No Abstract Objects', 'The Mirage of Social Justice' and 'Difficulties of Transfinite Numbers and Types'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / d. Predicativism
21558 'Predicative' norms are those which define a class [Russell]
21559 We need rules for deciding which norms are predicative (unless none of them are) [Russell]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / c. Nominalism about abstracta
14596 Call 'nominalism' the denial of numbers, properties, relations and sets [Dorr]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 5. Class Nominalism
14597 Natural Class Nominalism says there are primitive classes of things resembling in one respect [Dorr]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
14598 Abstracta imply non-logical brute necessities, so only nominalists can deny such things [Dorr]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
20543 'Social justice' is a confused idea, and inequalities need no justification [Hayek, by Swift]