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All the ideas for 'An Axiomatization of Set Theory', 'Against Dryness: a polemical sketch' and 'Process and Reality'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

7719	European philosophy consists of a series of footnotes to Plato [Whitehead]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 5. Conceptions of Set / f. Limitation of Size

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Limitation of Size is not self-evident, and seems too strong [Lavine on Neumann]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

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With 'extensive connection', boundary elements are not included in domains [Whitehead, by Varzi]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory

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All the axioms for mathematics presuppose set theory [Neumann]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

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In Whitehead 'processes' consist of events beginning and ending [Whitehead, by Simons]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism

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Man is a brave naked will, separate from a background of values and realities [Murdoch]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Whitehead held that perception was a necessary feature of all causation [Whitehead, by Harré/Madden]

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

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Whitehead replaced points with extended regions [Whitehead, by Quine]