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All the ideas for 'The Quest for Certainty', 'Hilbert's Programme' and 'Collins Dictionary of Philosophy'

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5 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

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Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics

17810

The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

21516

We want certainty in order achieve secure results for action [Dewey]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / b. Nature of sense-data

6457	Sensations are mental, but sense-data could be mind-independent [Vesey]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

17811

The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel]