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'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Pragmatism and Objective Truth' and 'Mathematics, Science and Language'
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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 / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics
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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 / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / b. Greek arithmetic
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Greek mathematics is wholly sensory, where ours is wholly inferential [Macbeth]
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