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All the ideas for 'Good and Evil', 'Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis' and 'works'

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4 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / k. Infinitesimals

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Weierstrass eliminated talk of infinitesimals [Weierstrass, by Kitcher]

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

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Weierstrass made limits central, but the existence of limits still needed to be proved [Weierstrass, by Bostock]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism

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We could accept the integers as primitive, then use sets to construct the rest [Cohen]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

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'Good' is an attributive adjective like 'large', not predicative like 'red' [Geach, by Foot]