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All the ideas for 'works', 'Questions on Aristotle's Posterior Analytics' and 'Moral Dilemmas Revisited'

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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]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / b. Primary/secondary
16726 Why can't we deduce secondary qualities from primary ones, if they cause them? [Buridan]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / a. Dilemmas
22481 There is no restitution after a dilemma, if it only involved the agent, or just needed an explanation [Foot, by PG]
22482 I can't understand how someone can be necessarily wrong whatever he does [Foot]