Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference' and 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

8 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
9182 Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett]
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]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
2385 If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]
2384 Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference
9181 The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett]