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All the ideas for 'Two Problems of Epistemology', 'Hilbert's Programme' and 'Brain Bisection and Unity of Consciousness'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

17809

Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics

17810

The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 6. Falsification

18284

Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind

2957	Brain bisection suggests unity of mind isn't all-or-nothing [Nagel, by Lockwood]

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self

3285	We may be unable to abandon personal identity, even when split-brains have undermined it [Nagel]

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

17811

The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel]