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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

3143	Physics requires the existence of properties, and also the abstract objects of arithmetic [Rey]
	Full Idea: Physics is committed to arithmetic, which seems committed to abstract objects such as numbers, and its causal explanations seem to appeal to properties, such as mass and charge.
	From: Georges Rey (Contemporary Philosophy of Mind [1997], 2.3)