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All the ideas for 'Presidential Address of Am. Math. Soc', 'The Common-Sense View of Reality' and 'fragments/reports'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics

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Metaphysics is hopeless with its present epistemology; common-sense realism is needed [Colvin]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

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We have no adequate logic at the moment, so mathematicians must create one [Veblen]

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

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We can only distinguish self from non-self if there is an inflexible external reality [Colvin]

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Common-sense realism rests on our interests and practical life [Colvin]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism

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If objects are doubted because their appearances change, that presupposes one object [Colvin]

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Arguments that objects are unknowable or non-existent assume the knower's existence [Colvin]

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The idea that everything is relations is contradictory; relations are part of the concept of things [Colvin]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 1. Biology

651	Eurytus showed that numbers underlie things by making pictures of creatures out of pebbles [Eurytus, by Aristotle]