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All the ideas for 'In Defence of Convention T', 'Is Mathematics purely Linguistic?' and 'The Beautiful in Music'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism

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Numbers are just verbal conveniences, which can be analysed away [Russell]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics

7331	A theory of meaning comes down to translating sentences into Fregean symbolic logic [Davidson, by Macey]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art

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Music is not an expressive art, because it expresses no familiar emotions [Hanslick, by Wollheim]