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All the ideas for 'Purifications (frags)', 'Structuralism' and 'Necessary Truth'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism
8921 Structuralism is now common, studying relations, with no regard for what the objects might be [Hellman]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / c. Nominalist structuralism
8922 Maybe mathematical objects only have structural roles, and no intrinsic nature [Hellman]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity
4577 There is no necessity higher than natural necessity, and that is just regularity [Quine]