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All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'A Serious Proposal to the Ladies I' and 'Probabilities of Conditionals'

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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]
10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals
14283 A conditional probability does not measure the probability of the truth of any proposition [Lewis, by Edgington]
24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / a. Natural freedom
20581 If men are born free, are women born slaves? [Astell]