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All the ideas for 'Of Civil Liberty', 'Anarchical Fallacies: on the Declaration of Rights' and 'Review of Tait 'Provenance of Pure Reason''

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX

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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

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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

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If a mathematical structure is rejected from a physical theory, it retains its mathematical status [Parsons,C]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

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Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts [Bentham]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / b. Monarchy

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Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

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Only laws can produce real rights; rights from 'law of nature' are imaginary [Bentham]