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Ideas for Sigmund Freud, Luitzen E.J. Brouwer and Henry Laycock
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics
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Mathematics is a mental activity which does not use language [Brouwer, by Bostock]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / h. Reals from Cauchy
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Brouwer saw reals as potential, not actual, and produced by a rule, or a choice [Brouwer, by Shapiro]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
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Some non-count nouns can be used for counting, as in 'several wines' or 'fewer cheeses' [Laycock]
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Some apparent non-count words can take plural forms, such as 'snows' or 'waters' [Laycock]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics
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Scientific laws largely rest on the results of counting and measuring [Brouwer]
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Brouwer regards the application of mathematics to the world as somehow 'wicked' [Brouwer, by Bostock]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / b. Intuitionism
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Intuitionists only accept denumerable sets [Brouwer]
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Neo-intuitionism abstracts from the reuniting of moments, to intuit bare two-oneness [Brouwer]
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Intuitionist mathematics deduces by introspective construction, and rejects unknown truths [Brouwer]
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