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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Reply to Professor Frankena' and 'Review of Tait 'Provenance of Pure Reason''

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / j. Axiom of Choice IX

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The old problems with the axiom of choice are probably better ascribed to the law of excluded middle [Parsons,C]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 8. Finitism

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If functions are transfinite objects, finitists can have no conception of them [Parsons,C]

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

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If a mathematical structure is rejected from a physical theory, it retains its mathematical status [Parsons,C]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

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Moral judgements are hypothetical, because they depend on interests and desires [Foot]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]