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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Foundations of Mathematics' and 'What Metaphors Mean'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

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You would cripple mathematics if you denied Excluded Middle [Hilbert]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers

579	Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

578	Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor

7777	We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false [Davidson]

7776	Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean [Davidson]

7775	Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules [Davidson]