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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Is Mathematics purely Linguistic?' and 'Causation and the Manifestation of Powers'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
23367 Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism
21570 Numbers are just verbal conveniences, which can be analysed away [Russell]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 9. Perceiving Causation
17527 Causation seems to be an innate concept (or acquired very early) [Bird]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause
17528 The dispositional account explains causation, as stimulation and manifestation of dispositions [Bird]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation
17526 The counterfactual approach makes no distinction between cause and pre-condition [Bird]