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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism
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It is a simple truth that the objects of mathematics have being, of some sort [Aristotle]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism
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Aristotle removes ontology from mathematics, and replaces the true with the beautiful [Aristotle, by Badiou]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism
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Ten sheep and ten dogs are the same numerically, but it is not the same ten [Aristotle]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism
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Logicism is only noteworthy if logic has a privileged position in our ontology and epistemology [Hale/Wright]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism
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The neo-Fregean is more optimistic than Frege about contextual definitions of numbers [Hale/Wright]
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Logicism might also be revived with a quantificational approach, or an abstraction-free approach [Hale/Wright]
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Neo-Fregeanism might be better with truth-makers, rather than quantifier commitment [Hale/Wright]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
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Are neo-Fregeans 'maximalists' - that everything which can exist does exist? [Hale/Wright]
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