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All the ideas for 'Works of Love', 'The Nature of Mathematics' and 'works'

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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

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Philosophy is an experimental science, resting on common experience [Peirce]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

6841	Some continental philosophers are relativists - Baudrillard, for example [Baudrillard, by Critchley]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

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Self-contradiction doesn't reveal impossibility; it is inductive impossibility which reveals self-contradiction [Peirce]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 3. If-Thenism

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Logic, unlike mathematics, is not hypothetical; it asserts categorical ends from hypothetical means [Peirce]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism

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Mathematics is close to logic, but is even more abstract [Peirce]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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Some logical possibility concerns single propositions, but there is also compatibility between propositions [Peirce]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

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Experience is indeed our only source of knowledge, provided we include inner experience [Peirce]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

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The world is one of experience, but experiences are always located among our ideas [Peirce]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics

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Ethics is the science of aims [Peirce]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

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Perfect love is not in spite of imperfections; the imperfections must be loved as well [Kierkegaard]