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Ideas for 'Intensional Logic', ''Ostrich Nominalism' or 'Mirage Realism'?' and 'Set Theory and Its Philosophy'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

10712	If set theory didn't found mathematics, it is still needed to count infinite sets [Potter]
	Full Idea: Even if set theory's role as a foundation for mathematics turned out to be wholly illusory, it would earn its keep through the calculus it provides for counting infinite sets.
	From: Michael Potter (Set Theory and Its Philosophy [2004], 03.8)