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All the ideas for 'Science and Method', 'Why Propositions cannot be concrete' and 'Logical Foundations of Probability'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry
10245 One geometry cannot be more true than another [Poincaré]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation
13048 Good explications are exact, fruitful, simple and similar to the explicandum [Carnap, by Salmon]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
9086 The idea of abstract objects is not ontological; it comes from the epistemological idea of abstraction [Plantinga]
9087 Theists may see abstract objects as really divine thoughts [Plantinga]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
9085 If propositions are concrete they don't have to exist, and so they can't be necessary truths [Plantinga]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
9084 Propositions can't just be in brains, because 'there are no human beings' might be true [Plantinga]