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All the ideas for 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction', 'Mathematical Truth' and 'Goodbye Growing Block'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics

9935	Mathematical truth is always compromising between ordinary language and sensible epistemology [Benacerraf]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism

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Realists have semantics without epistemology, anti-realists epistemology but bad semantics [Benacerraf, by Colyvan]

9936	The platonist view of mathematics doesn't fit our epistemology very well [Benacerraf]

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

22049

Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity [Bowie]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

22055

The Idealists saw the same unexplained spontaneity in Kant's judgements and choices [Bowie]

22054

German Idealism tried to stop oppositions of appearances/things and receptivity/spontaneity [Bowie]

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Crucial to Idealism is the idea of continuity between receptivity and spontaneous judgement [Bowie]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / f. Eternalism

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Eternalism says all times are equally real, and future and past objects and properties are real [Merricks]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / g. Growing block

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Growing block has a subjective present and a growing edge - but these could come apart [Merricks, by PG]