Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'The Psychophysical Nexus' and 'On the Genealogy of Ethics'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought

7500	Early Greeks cared about city and companions; later Greeks concentrated on the self [Foucault]

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 / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

4242	Pure supervenience explains nothing, and is a sign of something fundamental we don't know [Nagel]

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]

10578

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

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

7501	Why couldn't a person's life become a work of art? [Foucault]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure

7498	Greeks and early Christians were much more concerned about food than about sex [Foucault]