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All the ideas for 'Realism and Anti-Realism', 'Commentary on Euclid's 'Elements'' and 'fragments/reports'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

15049

Metaphysical realists are committed to all unambiguous statements being true or not true [Dummett]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

13165

Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 1. God

6011	There is a remote first god (the Good), and a second god who organises the material world [Numenius, by O'Meara]