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All the ideas for 'Letter to G.H. Schaller', 'Mathematics and the Metaphysicians' and 'German Philosophy: a very short introduction'

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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / a. Achilles paradox

7557	To solve Zeno's paradox, reject the axiom that the whole has more terms than the parts [Russell]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics

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In mathematic we are ignorant of both subject-matter and truth [Russell]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / b. Mark of the infinite

7556	A collection is infinite if you can remove some terms without diminishing its number [Russell]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

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Transcendental idealism aims to explain objectivity through subjectivity [Bowie]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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The Idealists saw the same unexplained spontaneity in Kant's judgements and choices [Bowie]

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German Idealism tried to stop oppositions of appearances/things and receptivity/spontaneity [Bowie]

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Crucial to Idealism is the idea of continuity between receptivity and spontaneous judgement [Bowie]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence

7554	Self-evidence is often a mere will-o'-the-wisp [Russell]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

4871	A thing is free if it acts only by the necessity of its own nature [Spinoza]