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All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence' and 'Euthydemus'

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16 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Metaphysics aims to identify categories of being, and show their interdependency [Lowe]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

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Philosophy aims not at the 'analysis of concepts', but at understanding the essences of things [Lowe]

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

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

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

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

304	Beautiful things must be different from beauty itself, but beauty itself must be present in each of them [Plato]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects

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Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

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All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity

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Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Knowing how to achieve immortality is pointless without the knowledge how to use immortality [Plato]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

303	Say how many teeth the other has, then count them. If you are right, we will trust your other claims [Plato]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

302	What knowledge is required to live well? [Plato]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge

301	Only knowledge of some sort is good [Plato]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

305	Something which lies midway between two evils is better than either of them [Plato]