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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Difficulties of Transfinite Numbers and Types' and 'The Fragmentation of Reason'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth

6627	Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe]

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

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

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

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality

4765	Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]