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All the ideas for 'Hilbert's Programme', 'works' and 'The Therapy of Desire'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

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Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics

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The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / b. Need for substance

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We accept substance, to avoid infinite backwards chains of meaning [Wittgenstein, by Potter]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

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Philosophers after Aristotle endorsed the medical analogy for eudaimonia [Nussbaum, by Flanagan]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

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The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel]