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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'Events' and 'What is Mathematical Truth?'

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4 ideas

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

9413	An event is a change in or to an object [Lombard, by Mumford]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

10269

Mathematics eliminates possibility, as being simultaneous actuality in sets [Putnam]

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]