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All the ideas for 'Reflections on my Critics', 'Letter to Shumacher' and 'Friendship'

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5 ideas

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 2. Deflationary Truth

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'Truth' may only apply within a theory [Kuhn]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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Actual infinities are not allowed in mathematics - only limits which may increase without bound [Gauss]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

6809	Kuhn came to accept that all scientists agree on a particular set of values [Kuhn, by Bird]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 5. Commensurability

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In theory change, words shift their natural reference, so the theories are incommensurable [Kuhn]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

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Friendship is partly universal - the love of a person is like the ideal of loving everyone [Weil]