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All the ideas for 'The Logic of Boundaryless Concepts', 'Spinoza's Ethics' and 'Remarks on the definition and nature of mathematics'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

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Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

9390	Logic guides thinking, but it isn't a substitute for it [Rumfitt]

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 8. Theories in Logic

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To study formal systems, look at the whole thing, and not just how it is constructed in steps [Curry]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism

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It is untenable that mathematics is general physical truths, because it needs infinity [Curry]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

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Saying mathematics is logic is merely replacing one undefined term by another [Curry]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

9389	Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]