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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / g. Real numbers

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We don't get 'nearer' to something by adding decimals to 1.1412... (root-2) [Wittgenstein]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite

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Infinity is not a number, so doesn't say how many; it is the property of a law [Wittgenstein]

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

2521	'Real' maths objects have no causal role, no determinate reference, and no abstract/concrete distinction [Katz]