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All the ideas for 'Explanation in Mathematics', 'Dthat' and 'The Doctrine of Necessity Examined'

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6 ideas

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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

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Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

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Are causal descriptions part of the causal theory of reference, or are they just metasemantic? [Kaplan, by Schaffer,J]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

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Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

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If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce]