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All the ideas for 'Fragments on My Philosophical Development', 'Philosophy of Mathematics' and 'Philosophical Analysis'

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis
13750 Analysis aims at the structure of facts, which are needed to give a rationale to analysis [Urmson, by Schaffer,J]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 8. Impredicative Definition
10882 Predicative definitions only refer to entities outside the defined collection [Horsten]
5. Theory of Logic / J. Model Theory in Logic / 2. Isomorphisms
10884 A theory is 'categorical' if it has just one model up to isomorphism [Horsten]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 2. Proof in Mathematics
10885 Computer proofs don't provide explanations [Horsten]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory
10881 The concept of 'ordinal number' is set-theoretic, not arithmetical [Horsten]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / i. Absolute virtues
19458 Egoism is the only evil, love the only good; genuine love produces all the other virtues [Feuerbach]