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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Mathematics and the Metaphysicians' and 'Introduction to 'Properties''

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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / a. Achilles paradox

7557	To solve Zeno's paradox, reject the axiom that the whole has more terms than the parts [Russell]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics

10059

In mathematic we are ignorant of both subject-matter and truth [Russell]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / b. Mark of the infinite

7556	A collection is infinite if you can remove some terms without diminishing its number [Russell]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence

7554	Self-evidence is often a mere will-o'-the-wisp [Russell]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]