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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'Building Blocks of Mathematical Logic' and 'The Scientific Image'

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

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Variables are auxiliary notions, and not part of the 'eternal' essence of logic [Schönfinkel]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 7. Chance

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Chance is compatible with necessity, and the two occur together [Weil]

19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions

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Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

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The secret of art is that beauty is a just blend of unity and its opposite [Weil]