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All the ideas for 'Later Letters to Dedekind', 'Epistemic Justification' and 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

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Cantor gives informal versions of ZF axioms as ways of getting from one set to another [Cantor, by Lake]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities

7401	Heat and colour don't exist, so cannot mislead about the external world [Galileo, by Tuck]

5454	Tastes, odours and colours only reside in consciousness, and would disappear with creatures [Galileo]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / a. Pro-internalism

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'Access' internalism says responsibility needs access; weaker 'mentalism' needs mental justification [Kvanvig]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / a. Foundationalism

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Strong foundationalism needs strict inferences; weak version has induction, explanation, probability [Kvanvig]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

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Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature

3645	To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo]