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All the ideas for 'Mind and Its Place in Nature', ''Objectivity' in Social Sciences and Social Policy' and 'Review of Tait 'Provenance of Pure Reason''

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
22366 There is no objectivity in social sciences - only viewpoints for selecting and organising data [Weber]
22367 The results of social research can be true, and not just subjectively valid for one person [Weber]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX
13418 The old problems with the axiom of choice are probably better ascribed to the law of excluded middle [Parsons,C]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 8. Finitism
13419 If functions are transfinite objects, finitists can have no conception of them [Parsons,C]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
13417 If a mathematical structure is rejected from a physical theory, it retains its mathematical status [Parsons,C]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception
7628 Broad rejects the inferential component of the representative theory [Broad, by Maund]