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All the ideas for 'Plato on Parts and Wholes', '04: Gospel of St John' and 'works'

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10 ideas

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

7081	Philosophy is not separate from or above empirical science [Neurath]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

6294	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 7. Ad Hominem

15842

An ad hominem refutation is reasonable, if it uses the opponent's assumptions [Harte,V]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

8821	Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John]

4. Formal Logic / G. Formal Mereology / 1. Mereology

15841

Mereology began as a nominalist revolt against the commitments of set theory [Harte,V]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

15858

Traditionally, the four elements are just what persists through change [Harte,V]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

15848

Mereology treats constitution as a criterion of identity, as shown in the axiom of extensionality [Harte,V]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts

15837

What exactly is a 'sum', and what exactly is 'composition'? [Harte,V]

15839

If something is 'more than' the sum of its parts, is the extra thing another part, or not? [Harte,V]

15838

The problem with the term 'sum' is that it is singular [Harte,V]