Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On the Necessity of Origin' and 'The Philosophy of Logic'

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7 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / i. Cardinal infinity

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Very large sets should be studied in an 'if-then' spirit [Putnam]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

18199

Indispensability strongly supports predicative sets, and somewhat supports impredicative sets [Putnam]

8857	We must quantify over numbers for science; but that commits us to their existence [Putnam]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 10. Beginning of an Object

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Suppose a world where I'm from different gametes; add my gametes; which one is more me? [McGinn]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential

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McGinn falsely claims necessity of origin is a special case of the necessity of identity [Forbes,G on McGinn]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]