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All the ideas for 'Saundaranandakavya', 'De arcanus motus' and 'The Semantic Tradition from Kant to Carnap'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

7910	Pursue truth with the urgency of someone whose clothes are on fire [Ashvaghosha]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX

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Choice suggests that intensions are not needed to ensure classes [Coffa]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

12733

Because of the definitions of cause, effect and power, cause and effect have the same power [Leibniz]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

12734

Every necessary proposition is demonstrable to someone who understands [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 8. A Priori as Analytic

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The semantic tradition aimed to explain the a priori semantically, not by Kantian intuition [Coffa]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 11. Denying the A Priori

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Platonism defines the a priori in a way that makes it unknowable [Coffa]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

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Mathematics generalises by using variables [Coffa]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / a. Absolute time

18279

Relativity is as absolutist about space-time as Newton was about space [Coffa]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7909	The Eightfold Path concerns morality, wisdom, and tranquillity [Ashvaghosha]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven

7908	At the end of a saint, he is not located in space, but just ceases to be disturbed [Ashvaghosha]