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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

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For intuitionists excluded middle is an outdated historical convention [Brouwer]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / h. Reals from Cauchy

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Brouwer saw reals as potential, not actual, and produced by a rule, or a choice [Brouwer, by Shapiro]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 6. Probability

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Truth-functional possibilities include the irrelevant, which is a mistake [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / a. Conditionals

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It is a mistake to think that conditionals are statements about how the world is [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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A conditional does not have truth conditions [Edgington]

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X believes 'if A, B' to the extent that A & B is more likely than A & ¬B [Edgington]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / e. Supposition conditionals

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Conditionals express what would be the outcome, given some supposition [Edgington]