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All the ideas for 'The Sign of Four', 'Foundations of Geometry' and 'Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry
13472 Hilbert aimed to eliminate number from geometry [Hilbert, by Hart,WD]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry
9546 Euclid axioms concerns possibilities of construction, but Hilbert's assert the existence of objects [Hilbert, by Chihara]
18742 Hilbert's formalisation revealed implicit congruence axioms in Euclid [Hilbert, by Horsten/Pettigrew]
18217 Hilbert's geometry is interesting because it captures Euclid without using real numbers [Hilbert, by Field,H]
14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction
22200 If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings
9471 Intensions are creatures of darkness which should be exorcised [Quine]