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All the ideas for 'Gilles Deleuze', 'The Logic of Infinity' and 'Many, but almost one'

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8 ideas

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

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Deleuze relies on Spinoza (immanence), Bergson (duration), and difference (Nietzsche) [May]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / d. Predicativism

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Avoid non-predicative classifications and definitions [Poincaré]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

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Semantic indecision explains vagueness (if we have precisifications to be undecided about) [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail

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If cats are vague, we deny that the many cats are one, or deny that the one cat is many [Lewis]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

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We have one cloud, but many possible boundaries and aggregates for it [Lewis]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

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Basic to pragmatics is taking a message in a way that makes sense of it [Lewis]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism

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For existentialists the present is empty without the pull of the future and weight of the past [May]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / a. Liberalism basics

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Liberal theory starts from the governed, not from the governor [May]