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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Letters to Thomas Burnett' and 'Is Mathematics purely Linguistic?'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism

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Numbers are just verbal conveniences, which can be analysed away [Russell]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

13197

The notion of substance is one of the keys to true philosophy [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

13198

Gravity is within matter because of its structure, and it can be explained. [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]