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All the ideas for 'Elimination of Metaphysics by Analysis of Language', 'plays (frags)' and 'Continuity and Irrational Numbers'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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Metaphysics uses empty words, or just produces pseudo-statements [Carnap]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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We want the essence of continuity, by showing its origin in arithmetic [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / i. Reals from cuts

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A cut between rational numbers creates and defines an irrational number [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / f. Arithmetic

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Arithmetic is just the consequence of counting, which is the successor operation [Dedekind]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / l. Limits

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If x changes by less and less, it must approach a limit [Dedekind]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 2. Necessity as Primitive

74	Even God could not undo what has been done [Agathon]