Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'talk', 'fragments/reports' and 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study'

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6 ideas

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 / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

10577

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]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

5996	Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA]