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All the ideas for 'Precis of 'Limits of Abstraction'', 'On the Algebra of Logic' and 'A Short History of German Philosophy'

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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Early Romantics sought a plurality of systems, in a quest for freedom [Hösle]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

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Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / d. Hume's Principle

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If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K]

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Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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Truth-functional conditionals have a simple falsification, when A is true and B is false [Peirce]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

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An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history

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In the 18th century history came to be seen as progressive, rather than cyclical [Hösle]