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All the ideas for 'Scientific Explanation', 'Intro to I: Classical Logic' and 'The Theory of Transfinite Numbers'

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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity
9355 One sort of circularity presupposes a premise, the other presupposes a rule being used [Braithwaite, by Devitt]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory
9616 A set is a collection into a whole of distinct objects of our intuition or thought [Cantor]
5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 6. Classical Logic
9463 Classical logic is bivalent, has excluded middle, and only quantifies over existent objects [Jacquette]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / f. Uncountable infinities
15896 Cantor needed Power Set for the reals, but then couldn't count the new collections [Cantor, by Lavine]