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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
9184 We can't presume that all interesting concepts can be analysed [Williamson]
5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle
7334 Anti-realism needs an intuitionist logic with no law of excluded middle [Dummett, by Miller,A]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism
9183 Platonism claims that some true assertions have singular terms denoting abstractions, so abstractions exist [Williamson]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
8978 Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism
3303 For anti-realists there are no natural distinctions between objects [Dummett, by Benardete,JA]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 8. Particular Causation / b. Causal relata
10364 Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett]