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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Paradoxes of the Infinite' and 'Quantification and Descriptions'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 7. Contextual Definition

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Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

9987	An aggregate in which order does not matter I call a 'set' [Bolzano]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions

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Definite descriptions, unlike proper names, have a logical structure [Linsky,B]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

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A truly infinite quantity does not need to be a variable [Bolzano]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]