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All the ideas for 'Explanation in Mathematics', 'Dthat' and 'Quodlibeta'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes

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Whiteness does not exist, but by it something can exist-as-white [Aquinas]

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]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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Senses grasp external properties, but the understanding grasps the essential natures of things [Aquinas]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge

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Initial universal truths are present within us as potential, to be drawn out by reason [Aquinas]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 3. Representation

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Minds take in a likeness of things, which activates an awaiting potential [Aquinas]

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]