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All the ideas for 'Reason, Emotions and Good Life', 'Rechnungsmethoden (dissertation)' and 'Entity and Identity'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / c. Priority of numbers

18256

Quantity is inconceivable without the idea of addition [Frege]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 2. Intuition of Mathematics

9831	Geometry appeals to intuition as the source of its axioms [Frege]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / b. Need for abstracta

16980

We need a logical use of 'object' as predicate-worthy, and an 'ontological' use [Strawson,P]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

16979

It makes no sense to ask of some individual thing what it is that makes it that individual [Strawson,P]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason

4316	Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham]