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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / d. Hume's Principle

8784	Neo-logicism founds arithmetic on Hume's Principle along with second-order logic [Hale/Wright]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / e. Caesar problem

8787	The Julius Caesar problem asks for a criterion for the concept of a 'number' [Hale/Wright]

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

8788	Logicism is only noteworthy if logic has a privileged position in our ontology and epistemology [Hale/Wright]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism

8783	Logicism might also be revived with a quantificational approach, or an abstraction-free approach [Hale/Wright]

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

8786	One first-order abstraction principle is Frege's definition of 'direction' in terms of parallel lines [Hale/Wright]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

2594	A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

1515	Pythagoreans believe it is absurd to seek for goodness anywhere except with the gods [Iamblichus]