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Ideas for 'After Finitude', 'Reflections on Liberty and Social Oppression' and 'The Principles of Mathematics'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

19649

Since Kant, objectivity is defined not by the object, but by the statement's potential universality [Meillassoux]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

19666

If we insist on Sufficient Reason the world will always be a mystery to us [Meillassoux]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

19656

Non-contradiction is unjustified, so it only reveals a fact about thinking, not about reality? [Meillassoux]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition

14115

Definition by analysis into constituents is useless, because it neglects the whole [Russell]

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In mathematics definitions are superfluous, as they name classes, and it all reduces to primitives [Russell]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 2. Infinite Regress

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Infinite regresses have propositions made of propositions etc, with the key term reappearing [Russell]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes

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As well as a truth value, propositions have a range of significance for their variables [Russell]