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All the ideas for '75: Is 'Live Unknown' a Wise Precept?', 'Realism in Mathematics' and 'The Actual and the Virtual'

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6 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 7. Natural Sets

8755	Maddy replaces pure sets with just objects and perceived sets of objects [Maddy, by Shapiro]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory

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A natural number is a property of sets [Maddy, by Oliver]

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

8756	Intuition doesn't support much mathematics, and we should question its reliability [Maddy, by Shapiro]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism

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We know mind-independent mathematical truths through sets, which rest on experience [Maddy, by Jenkins]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

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We don't want another new set of categories; we want a variety of flexible categories [Deleuze, by May]

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

5959	Some philosophers say the soul is light [Plutarch]