Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Survival and Identity, with postscript', 'Cours d'Analyse' and 'Remarks on the forces of inorganic Nature'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

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Values that approach zero, becoming less than any quantity, are 'infinitesimals' [Cauchy]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

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When successive variable values approach a fixed value, that is its 'limit' [Cauchy]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

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De re modal predicates are ambiguous [Lewis, by Rudder Baker]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / d. Gravity

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Gravity isn't a force, because it produces effects without diminishing [Mayer]