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All the ideas for 'Epistemic Operators', 'Dispositional Essentialism and the Laws of Nature' and 'Concepts and Counting'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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A single object must not be counted twice, which needs knowledge of distinctness (negative identity) [Rumfitt]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / c. Fregean numbers

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Some 'how many?' answers are not predications of a concept, like 'how many gallons?' [Rumfitt]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / c. Knowledge closure

6445	You have knowledge if you can rule out all the relevant alternatives to what you believe [Dretske, by DeRose]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

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Laws are relations of kinds, quantities and qualities, supervening on the essences of a domain [Vetter]