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All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Objections to 'Meditations' (Fifth)' and 'In Defence of Convention T'

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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]

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

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 2. Interactionism

3400	Things must have parts to intermingle [Gassendi]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 5. Fregean Semantics

7331	A theory of meaning comes down to translating sentences into Fregean symbolic logic [Davidson, by Macey]