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All the ideas for 'Croce and Collingwood', 'Introduction to 'Modality'' and 'Philosophy of Mathematics'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 8. Impredicative Definition
10882 Predicative definitions only refer to entities outside the defined collection [Horsten]
5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 2. Isomorphisms
10884 A theory is 'categorical' if it has just one model up to isomorphism [Horsten]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 2. Proof in Mathematics
10885 Computer proofs don't provide explanations [Horsten]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory
10881 The concept of 'ordinal number' is set-theoretic, not arithmetical [Horsten]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 1. Types of Modality
14528 Maybe modal thought is unavoidable, as a priori recognition of necessary truth-preservation in reasoning [Hale/Hoffmann,A]
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics
20416 By 1790 aestheticians were mainly trying to explain individual artistic genius [Kemp]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
20417 Expression can be either necessary for art, or sufficient for art (or even both) [Kemp]
20418 The horror expressed in some works of art could equallly be expressed by other means [Kemp]
20419 We don't already know what to express, and then seek means of expressing it [Kemp]