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All the ideas for 'works', 'Why Reason Can't be Naturalized' and 'Mathematical Intuition'

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3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

8828	Truth is rational acceptability [Putnam]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism

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General principles can be obvious in mathematics, but bold speculations in empirical science [Parsons,C]