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All the ideas for 'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'What is so bad about Contradictions?' and 'The Art of the Infinite'

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

9123	Someone standing in a doorway seems to be both in and not-in the room [Priest,G, by Sorensen]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX

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Using Choice, you can cut up a small ball and make an enormous one from the pieces [Kaplan/Kaplan]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / b. Types of number

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1 and 0, then add for naturals, subtract for negatives, divide for rationals, take roots for irrationals [Kaplan/Kaplan]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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The rationals are everywhere - the irrationals are everywhere else [Kaplan/Kaplan]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / f. Arithmetic

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'Commutative' laws say order makes no difference; 'associative' laws say groupings make no difference [Kaplan/Kaplan]

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'Distributive' laws say if you add then multiply, or multiply then add, you get the same result [Kaplan/Kaplan]

14. Science / C. Induction / 3. Limits of Induction

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The first million numbers confirm that no number is greater than a million [Kaplan/Kaplan]

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]