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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 4. Axioms for Number / a. Axioms for numbers

3338	Numbers have been defined in terms of 'successors' to the concept of 'zero' [Peano, by Blackburn]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 4. Axioms for Number / d. Peano arithmetic

5897	0 is a non-successor number, all successors are numbers, successors can't duplicate, if P(n) and P(n+1) then P(all-n) [Peano, by Flew]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

5044	Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 7. Causal Perception

3900	Maybe experience is not essential to perception, but only to the causing of beliefs [Armstrong, by Scruton]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 1. External Justification

4253	Externalism says knowledge involves a natural relation between the belief state and what makes it true [Armstrong]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind

5045	No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism

5046	The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life

5043	To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz]