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'Conditionals', 'Mathematics, Science and Language' and 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics'
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics
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Mathematics is a mental activity which does not use language [Brouwer, by Bostock]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers
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Ordinal numbers represent order relations [Colyvan]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics
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Brouwer regards the application of mathematics to the world as somehow 'wicked' [Brouwer, by Bostock]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / a. The Infinite
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Intuitionists only accept a few safe infinities [Colyvan]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / j. Infinite divisibility
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Infinitesimals were sometimes zero, and sometimes close to zero [Colyvan]
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