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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Essential vs Accidental Properties' and 'Mathematical Truth'

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11 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics

9935	Mathematical truth is always compromising between ordinary language and sensible epistemology [Benacerraf]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism

17927

Realists have semantics without epistemology, anti-realists epistemology but bad semantics [Benacerraf, by Colyvan]

9936	The platonist view of mathematics doesn't fit our epistemology very well [Benacerraf]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

10938

The extremes of essentialism are that all properties are essential, or only very trivial ones [Rami]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

10940

An 'individual essence' is possessed uniquely by a particular object [Rami]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

10939

'Sortal essentialism' says being a particular kind is what is essential [Rami]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

10934

Unlosable properties are not the same as essential properties [Rami]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity

10933

Physical possibility is part of metaphysical possibility which is part of logical possibility [Rami]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 2. Epistemic possibility

10932

If it is possible 'for all I know' then it is 'epistemically possible' [Rami]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

542	Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]