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All the ideas for 'Chomsky on himself', 'The Reality of Numbers' and 'Vagaries of Definition'

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5 ideas

3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers

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Truth and falsehood must track what does or doesn't exist [Bigelow]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory

8203	All the arithmetical entities can be reduced to classes of integers, and hence to sets [Quine]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

6649	Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings

8202	Meaning is essence divorced from things and wedded to words [Quine]

19. Language / E. Analyticity / 4. Analytic/Synthetic Critique

8201	The distinction between meaning and further information is as vague as the essence/accident distinction [Quine]