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All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Ontological Ground of Alethic Modality' and 'Letters to Mersenne'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

3653	My Meditations are the complete foundation of my physics [Descartes]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

4736	Truth is such a transcendentally clear notion that it cannot be further defined [Descartes]

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

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

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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]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / e. Against possible worlds

9220	Lewis must specify that all possibilities are in his worlds, making the whole thing circular [Shalkowski, by Sider]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul

3652	I can't prove the soul is indestructible, only that it is separate from the mortal body [Descartes]