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'Metaphysics', 'What are Sets and What are they For?' and 'Individuals without Sortals'
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics
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Mathematical precision is only possible in immaterial things [Aristotle]
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Mathematics studies the domain of perceptible entities, but its subject-matter is not perceptible [Aristotle]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers
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Perhaps numbers are substances? [Aristotle]
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Pluralities divide into discontinous countables; magnitudes divide into continuous things [Aristotle]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / m. One
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The one in number just is the particular [Aristotle]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / a. Units
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The unit is stipulated to be indivisible [Aristotle]
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If only rectilinear figures existed, then unity would be the triangle [Aristotle]
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Units came about when the unequals were equalised [Aristotle]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
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Two men do not make one thing, as well as themselves [Aristotle]
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When we count, are we adding, or naming numbers? [Aristotle]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / d. Counting via concepts
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Counting 'coin in this box' may have coin as the unit, with 'in this box' merely as the scope [Ayers]
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If counting needs a sortal, what of things which fall under two sortals? [Ayers]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics
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If mathematics purely concerned mathematical objects, there would be no applied mathematics [Oliver/Smiley]
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