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All the ideas for 'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'Locke on Essences and Kinds' and 'On Platonism in Mathematics'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory

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Very few things in set theory remain valid in intuitionist mathematics [Bernays]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism

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Restricted Platonism is just an ideal projection of a domain of thought [Bernays]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

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Mathematical abstraction just goes in a different direction from logic [Bernays]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

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The soul conserves the body, as we see by its dissolution when the soul leaves [Toletus]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]