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All the ideas for 'Reality and Representation', 'God in Plato' and 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

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Among the Greeks Aristotle is the only philosopher in the modern style [Weil]

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 / 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]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

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Belief truth-conditions are normal circumstances where the belief is supposed to occur [Papineau]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof

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The only legitimate proof of God by order derives from beauty [Weil]