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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers
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Obtaining numbers by abstraction is impossible - there are too many; only a rule could give them, in order [Benacerraf]
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We must explain how we know so many numbers, and recognise ones we haven't met before [Benacerraf]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / c. Priority of numbers
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If numbers are basically the cardinals (Frege-Russell view) you could know some numbers in isolation [Benacerraf]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
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Zeno achieved the statement of the problems of infinitesimals, infinity and continuity [Russell on Zeno of Citium]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism
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An adequate account of a number must relate it to its series [Benacerraf]
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