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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Structuralism Reconsidered' and 'What is innate and why'

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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 / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / d. Natural numbers
8923 Numbers are identified by their main properties and relations, involving the successor function [MacBride]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / e. Structuralism critique
8926 For mathematical objects to be positions, positions themselves must exist first [MacBride]
18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought
2605 If everything uses mentalese, ALL concepts must be innate! [Putnam]
2606 No machine language can express generalisations [Putnam]