Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'A Puzzle Concerning Matter and Form', 'Types and Ontology' and 'Grundlagen (Foundations of Theory of Manifolds)'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

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Cantor developed sets from a progression into infinity by addition, multiplication and exponentiation [Cantor, by Lavine]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers

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Ordinals are generated by endless succession, followed by a limit ordinal [Cantor, by Lavine]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories

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Categories can't overlap; they are either disjoint, or inclusive [Sommers, by Westerhoff]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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The possible Aristotelian view that forms are real and active principles is clearly wrong [Fine,K, by Pasnau]