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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Henry V' and 'On the Foundations of Logic and Arithmetic'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism

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The existence of an arbitrarily large number refutes the idea that numbers come from experience [Hilbert]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

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Logic already contains some arithmetic, so the two must be developed together [Hilbert]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war

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Our obedience to the king erases any crimes we commit for him [Shakespeare]

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]