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All the ideas for 'Wiener Logik', 'Popular Scientific Lectures' and 'Reals by Abstraction'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

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A simplification which is complete constitutes a definition [Kant]

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

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Logic gives us the necessary rules which show us how we ought to think [Kant]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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The real numbers may be introduced by abstraction as ratios of quantities [Hale, by Hale/Wright]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / b. Pro-externalism

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If we knew what we know, we would be astonished [Kant]