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All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Open Society and Its Enemies:Hegel and Marx' and 'On the Freedom of the Will'

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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

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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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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]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

5451	Popper felt that ancient essentialism was a bar to progress [Popper, by Mautner]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

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We clearly feel responsible for our deeds, because we are quite certain that we did them [Schopenhauer]