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'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'Introducing the Philosophy of Mathematics' and 'The Question of Ontology'
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / b. Against mathematical platonism
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It is plausible that x^2 = -1 had no solutions before complex numbers were 'introduced' [Fine,K]
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The big problem for platonists is epistemic: how do we perceive, intuit, know or detect mathematical facts? [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism
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The indispensability argument shows that nature is non-numerical, not the denial of numbers [Fine,K]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics
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Mathematics should be treated as true whenever it is indispensable to our best physical theory [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism
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Formalism is unconstrained, so cannot indicate importance, or directions for research [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism
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Constructivism rejects too much mathematics [Friend]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / b. Intuitionism
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Intuitionists typically retain bivalence but reject the law of excluded middle [Friend]
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