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All the ideas for 'On Plural Reference and Set Theory', 'Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics' and 'On the Concept of Number'

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3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

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'It is true that this follows' means simply: this follows [Wittgenstein]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms

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A 'singulariser' converts a plural like 'number of' to a syntactically neutral form [Cartwright,H, by Hossack]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism

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Two and one making three has the necessity of logical inference [Wittgenstein]

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

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Hilbert said (to block paradoxes) that mathematical existence is entailed by consistency [Hilbert, by Potter]