Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'Of the Origin of Government' and 'On the Foundations of Logic and Arithmetic'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism

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The existence of an arbitrarily large number refutes the idea that numbers come from experience [Hilbert]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

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Logic already contains some arithmetic, so the two must be developed together [Hilbert]

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

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

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

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The only purpose of government is to administer justice, which brings security [Hume]