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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Isolation and Non-arbitrary Division' and 'Precepts for Advancing Science and Arts'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units

17435

Objects do not naturally form countable units [Koslicki]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

17433

We can still count squares, even if they overlap [Koslicki]

17439

There is no deep reason why we count carrots but not asparagus [Koslicki]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / d. Counting via concepts

17434

We struggle to count branches and waves because our concepts lack clear boundaries [Koslicki]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

17436

We talk of snow as what stays the same, when it is a heap or drift or expanse [Koslicki]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

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I don't recommend universal doubt; we constantly seek reasons for things which are indubitable [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]