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All the ideas for 'works', 'Hilbert's Programme' and 'Explanations in reply to Mr Bradley'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophers should be more inductive, and test results by their conclusions, not their self-evidence [Russell]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

6782	Realism is the only philosophy of science that doesn't make the success of science a miracle [Putnam]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

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Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics

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The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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Putnam says anti-realism is a bad explanation of accurate predictions [Putnam, by Okasha]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

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The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel]