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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'Structuralism Reconsidered' and 'Cosmic Apprentice'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
16567 Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / d. Natural numbers
8923 Numbers are identified by their main properties and relations, involving the successor function [MacBride]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / e. Structuralism critique
8926 For mathematical objects to be positions, positions themselves must exist first [MacBride]
14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification
18284 Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]