Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'In Defense of a Dogma' and 'On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense'

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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]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

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Leaves are unequal, but we form the concept 'leaf' by discarding their individual differences [Nietzsche]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 8. Synonymy

7319	If we give up synonymy, we have to give up significance, meaning and sense [Grice/Strawson]