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All the ideas for 'works', 'Is Mathematics purely Linguistic?' and 'Languages of Art (2nd edn)'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism

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Numbers are just verbal conveniences, which can be analysed away [Russell]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art

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Art is a referential activity, hence indefinable, but it has a set of symptoms [Goodman]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language

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Artistic symbols are judged by the fruitfulness of their classifications [Goodman, by Giovannelli]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 7. Ontology of Art

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A performance is only an instance of a work if there is not a single error [Goodman]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 2. Copies of Art

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A copy only becomes an 'instance' of an artwork if there is a system of notation [Goodman]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

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Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]