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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'On the Pragmatics of Communications' and 'Letters to Russell'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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I wish to go straight from cardinals to reals (as ratios), leaving out the rationals [Frege]

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

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The loss of my Rule V seems to make foundations for arithmetic impossible [Frege]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

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Logical objects are extensions of concepts, or ranges of values of functions [Frege]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

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To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas]