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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'Entity and Identity' and 'Later Letters to Dedekind'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

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Cantor gives informal versions of ZF axioms as ways of getting from one set to another [Cantor, by Lake]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / b. Need for abstracta

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We need a logical use of 'object' as predicate-worthy, and an 'ontological' use [Strawson,P]

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]

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It makes no sense to ask of some individual thing what it is that makes it that individual [Strawson,P]

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]