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All the ideas for 'works', 'Cantorian Abstraction: Recon. and Defence' and 'The Fragmentation of Value'

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic

9148	I think of variables as objects rather than as signs [Fine,K]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

9152	If green is abstracted from a thing, it is only seen as a type if it is common to many things [Fine,K]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

9149	To obtain the number 2 by abstraction, we only want to abstract the distinctness of a pair of objects [Fine,K]

9150	We should define abstraction in general, with number abstraction taken as a special case [Fine,K]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9146	After abstraction all numbers seem identical, so only 0 and 1 will exist! [Fine,K]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

3284	There is no one theory of how to act (or what to believe) [Nagel]

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

16713

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]