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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'The Value of Science' and 'What Numbers Are'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]

5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 3. Löwenheim-Skolem Theorems

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Löwenheim-Skolem says any theory with a true interpretation has a model in the natural numbers [White,NP]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

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Finite cardinalities don't need numbers as objects; numerical quantifiers will do [White,NP]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

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Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]