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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Foundations of Geometry' and 'Introduction to 'New Pragmatists''

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

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Modern pragmatism sees objectivity as possible, despite its gradual evolution [Misak]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

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Hilbert aimed to eliminate number from geometry [Hilbert, by Hart,WD]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

9546	Euclid axioms concerns possibilities of construction, but Hilbert's assert the existence of objects [Hilbert, by Chihara]

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Hilbert's formalisation revealed implicit congruence axioms in Euclid [Hilbert, by Horsten/Pettigrew]

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Hilbert's geometry is interesting because it captures Euclid without using real numbers [Hilbert, by Field,H]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

3031	The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]