Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'De Natura Corporis', 'What is a Leading Principle?' and 'On the Foundations of Logic and Arithmetic'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism

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The existence of an arbitrarily large number refutes the idea that numbers come from experience [Hilbert]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

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Logic already contains some arithmetic, so the two must be developed together [Hilbert]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

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As well as extension, bodies contain powers [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

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A 'belief' is a habit which determines how our imagination and actions proceed [Peirce]