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All the ideas for 'The Origin of the Work of Art', 'Mathematical Explanation' and 'Later Letters to Dedekind'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent
15585 Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets
17831 Cantor gives informal versions of ZF axioms as ways of getting from one set to another [Cantor, by Lake]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
13230 Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations
13229 Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case [Steiner,M]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / m. Explanation by proof
13231 Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure [Steiner,M]