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All the ideas for 'Mathematics and Indispensibility', 'On Note L to Bayle's 'Rorarius'' and 'Preface to 'Dorian Gray''

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7 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems
All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind
The soul doesn't understand many of its own actions, if perceptions are confused and desires buried [Leibniz]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
We should say that body is mechanism and soul is immaterial, asserting their independence [Leibniz]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
All art is quite useless [Wilde]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
Books are only well or badly written, not moral or immoral [Wilde]
Having ethical sympathies is a bad mannerism of style in an artist [Wilde]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
Minds unconsciously count vibration beats in music, and enjoy it when they coincide [Leibniz]