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All the ideas for 'The Philosophy of Logic', 'Truth and Probability' and 'teachings'

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6 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / i. Cardinal infinity

18200

Very large sets should be studied in an 'if-then' spirit [Putnam]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

18199

Indispensability strongly supports predicative sets, and somewhat supports impredicative sets [Putnam]

8857	We must quantify over numbers for science; but that commits us to their existence [Putnam]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

13766

'If' is the same as 'given that', so the degrees of belief should conform to probability theory [Ramsey, by Ramsey]

14. Science / C. Induction / 6. Bayes's Theorem

19143

Ramsey gave axioms for an uncertain agent to decide their preferences [Ramsey, by Davidson]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7607	Nagarjuna and others pronounced the world of experience to be an illusion [Nagarjuna, by Armstrong,K]