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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Letters to Jacques Lenfant' and 'Letters to Russell'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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I wish to go straight from cardinals to reals (as ratios), leaving out the rationals [Frege]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism

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The loss of my Rule V seems to make foundations for arithmetic impossible [Frege]

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

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The most primitive thing in substances is force, which leads to their actions and dispositions [Leibniz]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta

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Logical objects are extensions of concepts, or ranges of values of functions [Frege]

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]