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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers
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Real numbers are ratios of quantities, such as lengths or masses [Frege]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics
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We can't prove everything, but we can spell out the unproved, so that foundations are clear [Frege]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / c. Fregean numbers
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Frege defined number in terms of extensions of concepts, but needed Basic Law V to explain extensions [Frege, by Hale/Wright]
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Frege ignored Cantor's warning that a cardinal set is not just a concept-extension [Tait on Frege]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / a. Early logicism
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My Basic Law V is a law of pure logic [Frege]
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