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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning' and 'Answer to 'What is Enlightenment?''

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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Poincaré rejected the actual infinite, claiming definitions gave apparent infinity to finite objects [Poincaré, by Lavine]

25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech

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Enlightenment requires the free use of reason in the public realm [Kant]

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]