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Ideas for Archimedes, Michael Morris and Michael D. Resnik

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics

6304	Mathematical realism says that maths exists, is largely true, and is independent of proofs [Resnik]

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

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Counting needs to distinguish things, and also needs the concept of a successor in a series [Morris,M]

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To count, we must distinguish things, and have a series with successors in it [Morris,M]

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Discriminating things for counting implies concepts of identity and distinctness [Morris,M]