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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Mathematics and Indispensibility' and 'The Quest for Certainty'

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3 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

9558	All scientific tests will verify mathematics, so it is a background, not something being tested [Sober]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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We want certainty in order achieve secure results for action [Dewey]

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]