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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Quodlibeta' and 'Frege on Apriority'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

9159	You can't simply convert geometry into algebra, as some spatial content is lost [Burge]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories

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Substance, Quantity and Quality are real; other categories depend on those three [Henry of Ghent]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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The only reality in the category of Relation is things from another category [Henry of Ghent]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes

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Accidents are diminished beings, because they are dispositions of substance (unqualified being) [Henry of Ghent]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

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Kant says things-in-themselves cause sensations, but then makes causation transcendental! [Henry of Ghent, by Pinkard]

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]