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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For intuitionists excluded middle is an outdated historical convention [Brouwer]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 / 1. Mathematics

8717	Hilbert wanted to prove the consistency of all of mathematics (which realists take for granted) [Hilbert, by Friend]

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]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism

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The grounding of mathematics is 'in the beginning was the sign' [Hilbert]

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Hilbert substituted a syntactic for a semantic account of consistency [Hilbert, by George/Velleman]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 8. Finitism

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Hilbert aimed to prove the consistency of mathematics finitely, to show infinities won't produce contradictions [Hilbert, by George/Velleman]

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]