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All the ideas for 'The Courtier and the Heretic', 'Continuity and Irrational Numbers' and 'The Correspondence Theory of Truth'

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13 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

3745	Must sentences make statements to qualify for truth? [O'Connor]

3. Truth / C. Correspondence Truth / 1. Correspondence Truth

3742	Beliefs must match facts, but also words must match beliefs [O'Connor]

3. Truth / F. Semantic Truth / 2. Semantic Truth

3744	The semantic theory requires sentences as truth-bearers, not propositions [O'Connor]

3749	What does 'true in English' mean? [O'Connor]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

3746	Logic seems to work for unasserted sentences [O'Connor]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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We want the essence of continuity, by showing its origin in arithmetic [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / i. Reals from cuts

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A cut between rational numbers creates and defines an irrational number [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / f. Arithmetic

17612

Arithmetic is just the consequence of counting, which is the successor operation [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

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If x changes by less and less, it must approach a limit [Dedekind]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

3747	Events are fast changes which are of interest to us [O'Connor]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs

3748	Without language our beliefs are particular and present [O'Connor]

3743	We can't contemplate our beliefs until we have expressed them [O'Connor]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 10. Theocracy

7825	The politics of Leibniz was the reunification of Christianity [Stewart,M]