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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'The Iliad or the Poem of Force' and 'Science and Hypothesis'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

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Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects [Poincaré]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3570	Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts

2748	A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

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Force is what turns man into a thing, and ultimately into a corpse [Weil]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice

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Only people who understand force, and don't respect it, are capable of justice [Weil]