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All the ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'works' and 'Presentism and Properties'

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6 ideas

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

8717	Hilbert wanted to prove the consistency of all of mathematics (which realists take for granted) [Hilbert, by Friend]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism

10113

The grounding of mathematics is 'in the beginning was the sign' [Hilbert]

10115

Hilbert substituted a syntactic for a semantic account of consistency [Hilbert, by George/Velleman]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 8. Finitism

10116

Hilbert aimed to prove the consistency of mathematics finitely, to show infinities won't produce contradictions [Hilbert, by George/Velleman]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection

3102	Why don't we experience or remember going to sleep at night? [Magee]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / h. Presentism

14409

I am a presentist, and all language and common sense supports my view [Bigelow]