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All the ideas for 'Lectura', 'Intros to Russell's 'Essays in Analysis'' and 'The Evolution of Physics'

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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / b. Cantor's paradox

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Sets always exceed terms, so all the sets must exceed all the sets [Lackey]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 5. Paradoxes in Set Theory / c. Burali-Forti's paradox

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It seems that the ordinal number of all the ordinals must be bigger than itself [Lackey]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification

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'Unity' is a particularly difficult word, because things can have hidden unity [Duns Scotus]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / b. Fields

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The concept of a field gradually replaced the substances in explaining relations between charges [Einstein/Infeld]