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All the ideas for 'What Numbers Are', 'Resemblance Nominalism and Russell's Regress' and 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes'

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5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 3. Löwenheim-Skolem Theorems
Löwenheim-Skolem says any theory with a true interpretation has a model in the natural numbers [White,NP]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
Finite cardinalities don't need numbers as objects; numerical quantifiers will do [White,NP]
8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
Resemblance Nominalists say that resemblance explains properties (not the other way round) [Rodriquez-Pereyra]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation
Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]