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Ideas for Lord Kelvin (Wm Thomson), M.R. Ayers and Friedrich Nietzsche

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

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Numbers enable us to manage the world - to the limits of counting [Nietzsche]

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

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We need 'unities' for reckoning, but that does not mean they exist [Nietzsche]

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

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Counting 'coin in this box' may have coin as the unit, with 'in this box' merely as the scope [Ayers]

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If counting needs a sortal, what of things which fall under two sortals? [Ayers]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 9. Fictional Mathematics

4533	Logic and maths refer to fictitious entities which we have created [Nietzsche]