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All the ideas for 'On the Foundations of Logic and Arithmetic', 'Specimen inventorum' and 'fragments/reports'

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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]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

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The cause of a change is not the real influence, but whatever gives a reason for the change [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

5996	Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA]