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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'The Metaontology of Abstraction' and 'on Goodman's 'Ways of Worldmaking''

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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism

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It is a simple truth that the objects of mathematics have being, of some sort [Aristotle]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism

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Aristotle removes ontology from mathematics, and replaces the true with the beautiful [Aristotle, by Badiou]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism

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Neo-Fregeanism might be better with truth-makers, rather than quantifier commitment [Hale/Wright]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique

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Are neo-Fregeans 'maximalists' - that everything which can exist does exist? [Hale/Wright]