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All the ideas for 'reports', 'Reals by Abstraction' and 'Lewis's Programme'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

10632

The real numbers may be introduced by abstraction as ratios of quantities [Hale, by Hale/Wright]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

8431	Problems with Goodman's view of counterfactuals led to a radical approach from Stalnaker and Lewis [Horwich]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / c. Counterfactual causation

8432	Analyse counterfactuals using causation, not the other way around [Horwich]