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All the ideas for 'The Case for Closure', 'Prospects: Proletarian Revolution?' and 'Review of Frege's 'Grundlagen''

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / c. Fregean numbers

9992	The 'extension of a concept' in general may be quantitatively completely indeterminate [Cantor]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 2. Common Sense Certainty

19553

Commitment to 'I have a hand' only makes sense in a context where it has been doubted [Hawthorne]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / c. Knowledge closure

19551

How can we know the heavyweight implications of normal knowledge? Must we distort 'knowledge'? [Hawthorne]

19552

We wouldn't know the logical implications of our knowledge if small risks added up to big risks [Hawthorne]

19554

Denying closure is denying we know P when we know P and Q, which is absurd in simple cases [Hawthorne]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

23857

People in power always try to increase their power [Weil]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / c. Revolution

23856

Spontaneous movements are powerless against organised repression [Weil]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics

23859

True democracy is the subordination of society to the individual [Weil]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / e. Peace

23858

War is perpetuated by its continual preparations [Weil]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

23860

Even if a drowning man is doomed, he should keep swimming to the last [Weil]