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Ideas for 'Philosophy of Mathematics', 'Letters to Jourdain' 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 / 2. Proof in Mathematics

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Computer proofs don't provide explanations [Horsten]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 6. Mathematics as Set Theory / a. Mathematics is set theory

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The concept of 'ordinal number' is set-theoretic, not arithmetical [Horsten]

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]