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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'A New Kind of Science' and '64: Gryllus - on Rationality in Animals'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

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At one level maths and nature are very similar, suggesting some deeper origin [Wolfram]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

1477	Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure

1478	Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

1479	Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

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Space and its contents seem to be one stuff - so space is the only existing thing [Wolfram]