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All the ideas for 'Essays on Intellectual Powers: Conception', 'works' and 'Paradoxes of the Infinite'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

8226	A well-posed problem is a problem solved [Bergson, by Deleuze/Guattari]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

9987	An aggregate in which order does not matter I call a 'set' [Bolzano]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

10856

A truly infinite quantity does not need to be a variable [Bolzano]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

23647

Objects have an essential constitution, producing its qualities, which we are too ignorant to define [Reid]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible

11958

Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

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Reference is by name, or a term-plus-circumstance, or ostensively, or by description [Reid]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference

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A word's meaning is the thing conceived, as fixed by linguistic experts [Reid]