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All the ideas for 'works', 'Counterfactual Dependence and Time's Arrow' and 'Continuity and Irrational Numbers'

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

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De Morgan introduced a 'universe of discourse', to replace Boole's universe of 'all things' [De Morgan, by Walicki]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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We want the essence of continuity, by showing its origin in arithmetic [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / i. Reals from cuts

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A cut between rational numbers creates and defines an irrational number [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / f. Arithmetic

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Arithmetic is just the consequence of counting, which is the successor operation [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

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If x changes by less and less, it must approach a limit [Dedekind]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 5. Direction of causation

8433	There are few traces of an event before it happens, but many afterwards [Lewis, by Horwich]