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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Review of Aron 'Our Knowledge of Universals'' and 'works'

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7 ideas

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

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

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle

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For intuitionists excluded middle is an outdated historical convention [Brouwer]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / h. Reals from Cauchy

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Brouwer saw reals as potential, not actual, and produced by a rule, or a choice [Brouwer, by Shapiro]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts

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We reach concepts by clarification, or by definition, or by habitual experience [Price,HH]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

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A 'felt familiarity' with universals is more primitive than abstraction [Price,HH]

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Our understanding of 'dog' or 'house' arises from a repeated experience of concomitances [Price,HH]

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

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