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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Deriving Kripkean Claims with Abstract Objects' and 'Explanation in Mathematics'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

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Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

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Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

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Essences are no use in mathematics, if all mathematical truths are necessary [Mancosu]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

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Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]