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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Mathematics, Science and Language' and 'Exigency to Exist in Essences'

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6 ideas

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

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Mathematics is a mental activity which does not use language [Brouwer, by Bostock]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

18118

Brouwer regards the application of mathematics to the world as somehow 'wicked' [Brouwer, by Bostock]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz]

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God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

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The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz]

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

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