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All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'fragments/reports' and 'talk'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought

8011	Aristotle is a buffoon who has misled the Church [Luther, by MacIntyre]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism

10580

Mathematics is both necessary and a priori because it really consists of logical truths [Yablo]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 9. Fictional Mathematics

10579

Putting numbers in quantifiable position (rather than many quantifiers) makes expression easier [Yablo]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

10577

Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo]

10578

We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori [Yablo]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

542	Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6609	With respect to religion, reason is a blind whore [Luther]