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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'On the Essence of Human Freedom' and 'Modes of Extension: comment on Fine'

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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

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Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons]

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Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / g. Will to power

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Ultimately, all being is willing. The nature of primal being is the same as the nature of willing [Schelling]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]