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'Wisdom', 'Mathematics without Foundations' and 'The Metaontology of Abstraction'
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 1. Foundations for Mathematics
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I do not believe mathematics either has or needs 'foundations' [Putnam]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 4. Axioms for Number / a. Axioms for numbers
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It is conceivable that the axioms of arithmetic or propositional logic might be changed [Putnam]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism
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Maybe mathematics is empirical in that we could try to change it [Putnam]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics
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Science requires more than consistency of mathematics [Putnam]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism
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Neo-Fregeanism might be better with truth-makers, rather than quantifier commitment [Hale/Wright]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
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Are neo-Fregeans 'maximalists' - that everything which can exist does exist? [Hale/Wright]
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