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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'The Theory of Transfinite Numbers' and 'Letters to Johann Bernoulli'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
21959 Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory
9616 A set is a collection into a whole of distinct objects of our intuition or thought [Cantor]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / f. Uncountable infinities
15896 Cantor needed Power Set for the reals, but then couldn't count the new collections [Cantor, by Lavine]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
13174 A piece of flint contains something resembling perceptions and appetites [Leibniz]
13175 Entelechies are analogous to souls, as other minds are analogous to our own minds [Leibniz]
10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable
13172 What we cannot imagine may still exist [Leibniz]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism
21958 Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
13173 Death is just the contraction of an animal [Leibniz]