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Ideas for 'Remarks on the definition and nature of mathematics', 'Clitophon' and 'The Universe as We Find It'

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

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Infinite numbers are qualitatively different - they are not just very large numbers [Heil]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / e. Structuralism critique

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How could structures be mathematical truthmakers? Maths is just true, without truthmakers [Heil]

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]

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]