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All the ideas for 'talk', 'Is Hume's Principle analytic?' and 'Why Propositions cannot be concrete'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]

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]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

8693	An 'abstraction principle' says two things are identical if they are 'equivalent' in some respect [Boolos]

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]