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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'The Dappled World' and 'Our Knowledge of Mathematical Objects'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism
9224 Proceduralism offers a version of logicism with no axioms, or objects, or ontological commitment [Fine,K]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism
9222 The objects and truths of mathematics are imperative procedures for their construction [Fine,K]
9223 My Proceduralism has one simple rule, and four complex rules [Fine,K]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony
7458 The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
17503 Theories can never represent accurately, because their components are abstract [Cartwright,N, by Portides]
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]