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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'In a Different Voice' and 'Letters to Samuel Masson'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity
One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite
I don't admit infinite numbers, and consider infinitesimals to be useful fictions [Leibniz]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics
Moral problems are responsibility conflicts, needing contextual and narrative attention to relationships [Gilligan]