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All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Universal Arithmetick' and 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences'

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5 ideas

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / b. Greek arithmetic

17783

A number is not a multitude, but a unified ratio between quantities [Newton]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

21982

I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

7771	We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]

8860	Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

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If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]