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All the ideas for 'Meaning', 'Elements of Intuitionism (2nd ed)' and 'Go Figure: a Path through Fictionalism'

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4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 2. Intuitionist Logic

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Mathematical statements and entities that result from an infinite process must lack a truth-value [Dummett]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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Fictionalism allows that simulated beliefs may be tracking real facts [Yablo]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

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Governing possible worlds theory is the fiction that if something is possible, it happens in a world [Yablo]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention

7752	Only the utterer's primary intention is relevant to the meaning [Grice]

7751	Meaning needs an intention to induce a belief, and a recognition that this is the speaker's intention [Grice]

7753	We judge linguistic intentions rather as we judge non-linguistic intentions, so they are alike [Grice]