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All the ideas for 'Precis of 'Limits of Abstraction'', 'Wang's Paradox' and 'Evil and Omnipotence'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition
10528 Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / d. Hume's Principle
10529 If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K]
10530 Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality
21628 To say reality itself is vague is not properly intelligible [Dummett]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
10527 An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil
1472 The propositions that God is good and omnipotent, and that evil exists, are logically contradictory [Mackie, by PG]
1473 Is evil an illusion, or a necessary contrast, or uncontrollable, or necessary for human free will? [Mackie, by PG]