Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Crispin Wright, Tom Milsted and Protagoras

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

1553	No perceptible object is truly straight or curved [Protagoras]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers

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Number theory aims at the essence of natural numbers, giving their nature, and the epistemology [Wright,C]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / c. Priority of numbers

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One could grasp numbers, and name sizes with them, without grasping ordering [Wright,C]

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

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Instances of a non-sortal concept can only be counted relative to a sortal concept [Wright,C]