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All the ideas for 'Consciousness, Philosophy and Mathematics', 'Possible Worlds and Necessary A Posteriori' and 'A Puzzle about Belief'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / b. Intuitionism

8728	Intuitionist mathematics deduces by introspective construction, and rejects unknown truths [Brouwer]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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How do we tell a table's being contingently plastic from its being essentially plastic? [Jackson]

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An x is essentially F if it is F in every possible world in which it appears [Jackson]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Quine may have conflated de re and de dicto essentialism, but there is a real epistemological problem [Jackson]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 3. A Posteriori Necessary

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How can you show the necessity of an a posteriori necessity, if it might turn out to be false? [Jackson]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

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Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke]