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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Difficulties of Transfinite Numbers and Types' and 'Outline of a System of Utilitarianism'

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / d. Predicativism

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We need rules for deciding which norms are predicative (unless none of them are) [Russell]

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'Predicative' norms are those which define a class [Russell]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Negative utilitarianism implies that the world should be destroyed, to avoid future misery [Smart]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism

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Any group interested in ethics must surely have a sentiment of generalised benevolence [Smart]