Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Disputed questions about truth' and 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study'

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7 ideas

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

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Truth is the conformity of being to intellect [Aquinas]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism

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Mathematics is both necessary and a priori because it really consists of logical truths [Yablo]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 9. Fictional Mathematics

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Putting numbers in quantifiable position (rather than many quantifiers) makes expression easier [Yablo]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being

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Being is basic to thought, and all other concepts are additions to being [Aquinas]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

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Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo]

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We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori [Yablo]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]