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All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Belief Truth and Knowledge' and 'What is Knowledge-First Epistemology?'

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

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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

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

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

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 7. Causal Perception

3900	Maybe experience is not essential to perception, but only to the causing of beliefs [Armstrong, by Scruton]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues

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Don't confuse justified belief with justified believers [Dougherty/Rysiew]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification

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If knowledge is unanalysable, that makes justification more important [Dougherty/Rysiew]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification

4253	Externalism says knowledge involves a natural relation between the belief state and what makes it true [Armstrong]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 2. Semantics

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Entailment is modelled in formal semantics as set inclusion (where 'mammals' contains 'cats') [Dougherty/Rysiew]