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All the ideas for 'A Puzzle about Belief', 'Letters to Wagner' and 'The Philosophy of Logic'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / i. Cardinal infinity

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Very large sets should be studied in an 'if-then' spirit [Putnam]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

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Indispensability strongly supports predicative sets, and somewhat supports impredicative sets [Putnam]

8857	We must quantify over numbers for science; but that commits us to their existence [Putnam]

18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files

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Puzzled Pierre has two mental files about the same object [Recanati on Kripke]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter

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Bare or primary matter is passive; it is clothed or secondary matter which contains action [Leibniz]