Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', 'Ethical Studies' and 'Hilbert's Programme'

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5 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

17809

Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics

17810

The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception

7628	Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5655	Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

17811

The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel]