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All the ideas for '67: Platonic Questions', 'Constructibility and Mathematical Existence' and 'General Draft'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

22026

Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory

8758	We could talk of open sentences, instead of sets [Chihara, by Shapiro]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / b. Type theory

10265

Chihara's system is a variant of type theory, from which he can translate sentences [Chihara, by Shapiro]

8759	We can replace type theory with open sentences and a constructibility quantifier [Chihara, by Shapiro]

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

10264

Introduce a constructibility quantifiers (Cx)Φ - 'it is possible to construct an x such that Φ' [Chihara, by Shapiro]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5960	When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god [Plutarch]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

19591

Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]