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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Holism: a Shopper's Guide' and 'Remarks on the definition and nature of mathematics'

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 8. Theories in Logic
17807 To study formal systems, look at the whole thing, and not just how it is constructed in steps [Curry]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism
17806 It is untenable that mathematics is general physical truths, because it needs infinity [Curry]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
17808 Saying mathematics is logic is merely replacing one undefined term by another [Curry]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism
9381 If some inferences are needed to fix meaning, but we don't know which, they are all relevant [Fodor/Lepore, by Boghossian]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
19399 Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]