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All the ideas for 'The Sign of Four', 'Letters to Samuel Masson' and 'works'

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4 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

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Sufficient reason is implied by contradiction, of an insufficient possible which exists [Wolff, by Korsgaard]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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I don't admit infinite numbers, and consider infinitesimals to be useful fictions [Leibniz]

14. Science / C. Induction / 1. Induction

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If you eliminate the impossible, the truth will remain, even if it is weird [Conan Doyle]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

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Confucius shows that ethics can rest on reason, rather than on revelation [Wolff, by Korsgaard]