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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'Rechnungsmethoden (dissertation)' and 'On 'The Beginning of Philosophy''

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

19456

Philosophy is distinguished from other sciences by its complete lack of presuppositions [Feuerbach]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / c. Priority of numbers

18256

Quantity is inconceivable without the idea of addition [Frege]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 2. Intuition of Mathematics

9831	Geometry appeals to intuition as the source of its axioms [Frege]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony

7458	The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

3441	If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]