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Ideas for Reiss,J/Spreger,J, James Robert Brown and Michael Jubien
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 2. Proof in Mathematics
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There is no limit to how many ways something can be proved in mathematics [Brown,JR]
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Computers played an essential role in proving the four-colour theorem of maps [Brown,JR]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / b. Mathematics is not set theory
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Set theory may represent all of mathematics, without actually being mathematics [Brown,JR]
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When graphs are defined set-theoretically, that won't cover unlabelled graphs [Brown,JR]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism
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The subject-matter of (pure) mathematics is abstract structure [Jubien]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / d. Platonist structuralism
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To see a structure in something, we must already have the idea of the structure [Brown,JR]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / e. Structuralism critique
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Sets seem basic to mathematics, but they don't suit structuralism [Brown,JR]
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