Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Melvin Fitting, George Boolos and Oliver,A/Smiley,T

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

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If mathematics purely concerned mathematical objects, there would be no applied mathematics [Oliver/Smiley]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

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Infinite natural numbers is as obvious as infinite sentences in English [Boolos]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / f. Uncountable infinities

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Mathematics and science do not require very high orders of infinity [Boolos]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 4. Axioms for Number / e. Peano arithmetic 2nd-order

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Many concepts can only be expressed by second-order logic [Boolos]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory

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Sets might either represent the numbers, or be the numbers, or replace the numbers [Oliver/Smiley]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism

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Mathematics isn't surprising, given that we experience many objects as abstract [Boolos]