Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'In Metaphysics', 'talk' and 'On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

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Philosophers are revealed by their fears [Billington]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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Poincaré rejected the actual infinite, claiming definitions gave apparent infinity to finite objects [Poincaré, by Lavine]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

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Are things distinct if they are both separate, or if only one of them can be separate? [Duns Scotus, by Pasnau]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

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Substance is only grasped under the general heading of 'being' [Duns Scotus]