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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Apriority and Existence' and 'Papers of 1913'

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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 / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

8863	We must treat numbers as existing in order to express ourselves about the arrangement of planets [Yablo]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 9. Fictional Mathematics

8862	Platonic objects are really created as existential metaphors [Yablo]