Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anaxarchus, Carl Friedrich Gauss and R Cook / P Ebert

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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Actual infinities are not allowed in mathematics - only limits which may increase without bound [Gauss]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

9141	Abstraction theories build mathematics out of second-order equivalence principles [Cook/Ebert]