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All the ideas for 'The Philosophy of Logic', 'The Power of Words' and 'The Foundations of Mathematics'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

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You would cripple mathematics if you denied Excluded Middle [Hilbert]

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

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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

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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]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 3. Conservatism

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National leaders want to preserve necessary order - but always the existing order [Weil]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 14. Nationalism

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National prestige consists of behaving as if you could beat the others in a war [Weil]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars

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Modern wars are fought in the name of empty words which are given capital letters [Weil]