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All the ideas for 'Reply to Professor Marcus', 'The Making of a Philosopher' and 'Mathematics and Indispensibility'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

10801

Either reference really matters, or we don't need to replace it with substitutions [Quine]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

9558	All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

4691	If all mental life were conscious, we would be unable to see things, or to process speech [McGinn]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention

4690	If meaning is speaker's intentions, it can be reduced to propositional attitudes, and philosophy of mind [McGinn]