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Ideas for W Wimsatt/W Beardsley, Carrie Jenkins and William of Ockham
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
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Combining the concepts of negation and finiteness gives the concept of infinity [Jenkins]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism
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Arithmetic concepts are indispensable because they accurately map the world [Jenkins]
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Senses produce concepts that map the world, and arithmetic is known through these concepts [Jenkins]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 5. Numbers as Adjectival
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Just as unity is not a property of a single thing, so numbers are not properties of many things [William of Ockham]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
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It is not easy to show that Hume's Principle is analytic or definitive in the required sense [Jenkins]
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