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All the ideas for 'The Intentional Fallacy', 'Particulars in Particular Clothing' and 'On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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Poincaré rejected the actual infinite, claiming definitions gave apparent infinity to finite objects [Poincaré, by Lavine]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

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Internal relations combine some tropes into a nucleus, which bears the non-essential tropes [Simons, by Edwards]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions

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Intentions either succeed or fail, so external evidence for them is always irrelevant [Wimsatt/Beardsley, by Davies,S]

7266	The author's intentions are irrelevant to the judgement of a work's success [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7268	The thoughts of a poem should be imputed to the dramatic speaker, and hardly at all to the poet [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7267	Poetry, unlike messages, can be successful without communicating intentions [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7269	The intentional fallacy is a romantic one [Wimsatt/Beardsley]

7271	Biography can reveal meanings and dramatic character, as well as possible intentions [Wimsatt/Beardsley]