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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Philosophy of Logic' and 'Process and Reality'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

7719	European philosophy consists of a series of footnotes to Plato [Whitehead]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

10656

With 'extensive connection', boundary elements are not included in domains [Whitehead, by Varzi]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / i. Cardinal infinity

18200

Very large sets should be studied in an 'if-then' spirit [Putnam]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

18199

Indispensability strongly supports predicative sets, and somewhat supports impredicative sets [Putnam]

8857	We must quantify over numbers for science; but that commits us to their existence [Putnam]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

15389

In Whitehead 'processes' consist of events beginning and ending [Whitehead, by Simons]

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]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Whitehead held that perception was a necessary feature of all causation [Whitehead, by Harré/Madden]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

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Whitehead replaced points with extended regions [Whitehead, by Quine]

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

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