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'Remarks on the definition and nature of mathematics', 'Frege's Concept of Numbers as Objects' and 'Space, Time and Deity (2 vols)'
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers
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Number theory aims at the essence of natural numbers, giving their nature, and the epistemology [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / c. Priority of numbers
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One could grasp numbers, and name sizes with them, without grasping ordering [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / d. Counting via concepts
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Instances of a non-sortal concept can only be counted relative to a sortal concept [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 4. Axioms for Number / d. Peano arithmetic
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Wright thinks Hume's Principle is more fundamental to cardinals than the Peano Axioms are [Wright,C, by Heck]
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Number truths are said to be the consequence of PA - but it needs semantic consequence [Wright,C]
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There are five Peano axioms, which can be expressed informally [Wright,C]
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What facts underpin the truths of the Peano axioms? [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / c. Fregean numbers
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Sameness of number is fundamental, not counting, despite children learning that first [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / d. Hume's Principle
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We derive Hume's Law from Law V, then discard the latter in deriving arithmetic [Wright,C, by Fine,K]
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Frege has a good system if his 'number principle' replaces his basic law V [Wright,C, by Friend]
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Wright says Hume's Principle is analytic of cardinal numbers, like a definition [Wright,C, by Heck]
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It is 1-1 correlation of concepts, and not progression, which distinguishes natural number [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 5. Definitions of Number / e. Caesar problem
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If numbers are extensions, Frege must first solve the Caesar problem for extensions [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 1. Mathematical Platonism / a. For mathematical platonism
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Number platonism says that natural number is a sortal concept [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / a. Mathematical empiricism
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We can't use empiricism to dismiss numbers, if numbers are our main evidence against empiricism [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism
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It is untenable that mathematics is general physical truths, because it needs infinity [Curry]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 5. Numbers as Adjectival
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Treating numbers adjectivally is treating them as quantifiers [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / c. Neo-logicism
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Wright has revived Frege's discredited logicism [Wright,C, by Benardete,JA]
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The Peano Axioms, and infinity of cardinal numbers, are logical consequences of how we explain cardinals [Wright,C]
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The aim is to follow Frege's strategy to derive the Peano Axioms, but without invoking classes [Wright,C]
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6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 6. Logicism / d. Logicism critique
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Saying mathematics is logic is merely replacing one undefined term by another [Curry]
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Logicism seemed to fail by Russell's paradox, Gödel's theorems, and non-logical axioms [Wright,C]
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The standard objections are Russell's Paradox, non-logical axioms, and Gödel's theorems [Wright,C]
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