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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Theory of Objects' and 'Hilbert's Programme'

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10 ideas

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 6. Free Logic
8250 So-called 'free logic' operates without existence assumptions [Meinong, by George/Van Evra]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
17809 Gödel showed that the syntactic approach to the infinite is of limited value [Kreisel]
6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics
17810 The study of mathematical foundations needs new non-mathematical concepts [Kreisel]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / c. Modern abstracta
8719 There can be impossible and contradictory objects, if they can have properties [Meinong, by Friend]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought
8971 There are objects of which it is true that there are no such objects [Meinong]
8718 Meinong says an object need not exist, but must only have properties [Meinong, by Friend]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects
7756 Meinong said all objects of thought (even self-contradictions) have some sort of being [Meinong, by Lycan]
15781 The objects of knowledge are far more numerous than objects which exist [Meinong]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
5996 Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA]
27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space
17811 The natural conception of points ducks the problem of naming or constructing each point [Kreisel]