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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Thought and Responsibility' and 'Is Mathematics purely Linguistic?'

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

21570

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

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

20166

A man is a responsible agent to the extent he has an intention, and knows what he is doing [Hampshire]

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]

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

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