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All the ideas for 'Mathematics and Philosophy: grand and little', 'Frege on Extensions from Concepts' and 'An Enquiry'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
9808 Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics
9812 In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
9813 Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
9809 Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
9811 It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony
23549 We treat testimony with a natural trade off of belief and caution [Reid, by Fricker,M]
18. Thought / C. Content / 1. Content
3115 Are meaning and expressed concept the same thing? [Burge, by Segal]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature
9814 All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou]